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I agree with the basic premise - which seems to be not that everyone should be upper class but rather that everyone should become more entrepreneurial and take
by Kaedon 14y ago
I agree with the basic premise - which seems to be not that everyone should be upper class but rather that everyone should become more entrepreneurial and take greater ownership in their careers and business.
I disagree with one of the points the author makes. Here's a quote:
"And yet, here we are, in a country with no peasants. (We also don’t depend on peasants in other countries – the US is a big food exporter, not importer.)"
In one sense, that's true. The number of farmers has gone down dramatically with the advent of technology but there's still around 3-4 million migrant / seasonal workers in the US [1] that act as modern day peasants. If you expand the definition of peasant beyond farm hands, it could include things such as low-paid workers in China or the working poor in the US. This particular point doesn't ring true with me.
[1] - www.ncfh.org/docs/fs-Migrant%20Demographics.pdf
- apsec112 14y agoThose aren't peasants, they're laborers. "Peasant" means subsistence farmer.