tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post9057675672635799377..comments2023-08-12T03:31:24.561-07:00Comments on postpostochlophobist: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-36683650690228171662011-09-16T10:25:03.904-07:002011-09-16T10:25:03.904-07:00My assumption, perhaps mistaken, was that Jefferso...My assumption, perhaps mistaken, was that Jefferson upheld the small landowner because he could work for himself and provide for himself from his land.<br /><br />So perhaps the modern equivalent is someone who can work and provide for himself outside of a master-servant relationship, if not from land, then from some other property or special skills?<br /><br />A "lower middle class person with a mortgage on a modest house ... or a renter on the coasts, and fairly stable job with insurance" might fit the bill if he's a true independent contractor, but if he's a regular wage employee (or one of those "independent contractors in name only), then he doesn't seem very equivalent to the small landowner in terms of independence.WJAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-49305177025036119302011-09-16T09:21:45.768-07:002011-09-16T09:21:45.768-07:00Probably a lower middle class person with a mortga...Probably a lower middle class person with a mortgage on a modest house (if they live in the Midwest, the Rust Belt, or the South) or a renter on the coasts, and fairly stable job with insurance.COSMIC FAMILYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04739365573851113124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-11325781813625137312011-09-14T12:59:02.183-07:002011-09-14T12:59:02.183-07:00"This creates entirely different schemata of ..."This creates entirely different schemata of the ownership and distribution of that wealth. Discuss."<br /><br />Yes: what is the equivalent of the small landholder in modern industrialized society?WJAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-21320513742797676062011-09-14T10:25:28.359-07:002011-09-14T10:25:28.359-07:00Also, since Jefferson's day, the primary means...Also, since Jefferson's day, the primary means of wealth generation is industrial/technological, as opposed to agricultural. This creates entirely different schemata of the ownership and distribution of that wealth. Discuss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com