The family farm and family farmer are absolutely the backbone of the American mythology. It's natural that that's where the drama is played out because it is a mythological show about America.
We are a nation, not of shopkeepers, but of family farmers in our own heads. Gentlemen landowners created this nation and all of the homestead laws, etc. have led to that home and land-ownership ideal.
It's easy to see the battle for home and hearth when it's played out on home and hearth.
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Date: 2008-03-06 06:34 pm (UTC)The family farm and family farmer are absolutely the backbone of the American mythology. It's natural that that's where the drama is played out because it is a mythological show about America.
We are a nation, not of shopkeepers, but of family farmers in our own heads. Gentlemen landowners created this nation and all of the homestead laws, etc. have led to that home and land-ownership ideal.
It's easy to see the battle for home and hearth when it's played out on home and hearth.