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Patrick Powers's avatar

Thomas Jefferson thought the only free people were self-sufficient farmers.

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110th's avatar

“The farmer was and remains the stumbling block to socialist experiments everywhere. Since he raises his own food and tends to live in his own house, he is less “controllable” than say, the urban dweller.” ― Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Leftism Revisited: from de Sade and Marx to Hitler and Pol Pot

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110th's avatar

He did not THINK it, he KNEW it!

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John Turcot's avatar

"Thomas Jefferson thought the only free people were self-sufficient farmers." I agree!, most especially if they lived far enough outside the boundaries and spyglasses of authorities.

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110th's avatar

Like me. Hidden in plain sight.

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