but don t be fooled. islam has no place in our free society. islam and democracy are incompatible. and almost every country, if not every country where islam is dominant has a total lack of democracy, a total lack of freedom and a civil society. i leave the hague wondering what holland s muslims must think as those ideas catch fire. 5% of this nation of 17 million practices islam, including abutallab, a moroccan who came here at age 15 and learn dutch from vol tire, the first thing to do is to use a bicycle. but i have no money for a bicycle. so i borrow a bike federal a friend and then go to a park and learn to ride a bike. and fall and get up and fall.
but another kind of lightbulb moment comes an hour to the southwest in a town where electronics giant phillips once employed almost everyone in town. it started with a live belt. in the 70s this man s dad was among tens of thousands cranking out products until all the jobs went to asia. one thing stayed here. that was research and development. that s the gold of our town. it s research and development? yes. that didn t move away. the brains stayed here. after governments and industry and academia banded together, about 700 entrepreneurs now live, work and play right here. this is incredible. it s the first time i ve ever been to a hallowed out company town full of life.