We're not getting stronger as a country. A handful of corporations are gaining massive influence over our political and legal systems. The "small farmer" is pr

We're not getting stronger as a country. A handful of corporations are gaining massive influence over our political and legal systems. The "small farmer" is precisely what our country was founded on and was considered our strength. It allowed us to be something closer to a true democracy as opposed to the functional oligarchy we're running at this point. You're not an independent citizen if you have to depend on an employer to keep you fed, sheltered, and healthy. It's only more efficient if you consider "generation of theoretical GDP" the ultimate badge of efficiency. If it's sitting in some banker's pocket, extra productivity doesn't really benefit anyone.