Not so much ‘incompetent’ – they expected to be embedded in a thriving local agricultural community. They were silversmiths, accountants, merchants. Not farmers nor hunters. Finding smallpox had swept the eastern seaboard and killed 99% of the indigenous population left them in a post-apocalyptic landscape, with few options for survival.
We’ve had a flying car every couple of years. The range, maneuverability and runway requirements make them impractical, so nobody wants them. They cover this phenomenon in the new book by WeinerSmith, “Soonish”
Gotta expect the food and safety inspector to shut them down? Illegal to sell home-cooking to the public in most states (without a kitchen inspection, which no home kitchen could pass)
So its only been a penny in America for 200+ years. When does it get ‘official’?