> How is a skeptic population going to help with any of these? Brain drain. If smart people have a harder time living in a country that ignores them, they move

> How is a skeptic population going to help with any of these? Brain drain. If smart people have a harder time living in a country that ignores them, they move to a place that suits their sensibilities and desire for a better future. Nobody is trying to get into Russia at this point.