Not really. In the past, the wealthy owned the field. In the present, there is plenty of cheap land if you want to live off the grid and grow beans. That's not

Not really. In the past, the wealthy owned the field. In the present, there is plenty of cheap land if you want to live off the grid and grow beans. That's not what people want anymore. They want cars and modern appliances. You can't get those without an advanced manufacturing society, and thus, people work for other people. But you don't extract your living from wealthy neighbors. You provide a service that you get paid for. What you get paid depends on what you can provide.