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Best i recall, the by the time the concept was formulated, the condition for its existence was already on the way out of US society. At its core, it was reliant
by digi_owl 10y ago
Best i recall, the by the time the concept was formulated, the condition for its existence was already on the way out of US society. At its core, it was reliant on the ability for anything to travel somewhere, build a house, farm the land, and then claim it as their own after a few years.
This in contrast to the situation in Europe for the same time period, where most farmers rented the land they worked, and paid either in produce or by assisting the landowner during harvest etc.
- Broken_Hippo 10y agoI believe you are correct. Conditions weren't great in Europe, and the states gave away land in some areas. Some meaning started to change during the 50's, I believe. Oddly enough, the American Dream and land of opportunity sort of thing still lives in the mind of some folks that have never visited, and it would seem so in comparison to their home country.