[dmarchand90]

I mean option one is always going to be there. I'm sure there are plenty of neo-aristocrats who can do science if they want.

The problem, honestly, is an ancient one. In plato's republic he complains about a lack of state funding for geometry :

" Then take a step backward, for we are out of order, and insert the third dimension which is of solids, after the second which is of planes, and then you may proceed to solids in motion. But solid geometry is not popular and has not the patronage of the State, nor is the use of it fully recognized; the difficulty is great, and the votaries of the study are conceited and impatient. Still the charm of the pursuit wins upon men, and, if government would lend a little assistance, there might be great progress made. "

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1497/1497-h/1497-h.htm