Yes, before industrialization, the US was filled with entrepreneurs in the form of farmers and ranchers. Here's some land, go live. Families would grow what the

Yes, before industrialization, the US was filled with entrepreneurs in the form of farmers and ranchers. Here's some land, go live. Families would grow what they needed to survive, then sell the rest for money to buy stuff they couldn't make themselves. It was fairly self sustaining, but vulnerable to drought, etc. I think one of the problems today is there really isn't a way to self sustain anymore with just land and some hard work, so we need jobs to survive.