Montana Cowboys, Adam Smith, and Trump

Dreams of ownership enticed our ancestors to leave the Old World and build a new country.  They did not want to work other people’s lands.  They did not want to be taxed by feudal lords for the rest of their lives.  They wanted to own the fruits of their labor.  They wanted to own their own farms.  They wanted complete control over their economic fortunes — beholden to no-one.  Needless to say, most of their descendants have forgotten why freedom is impossible without private property.  Renting everything from a handful of oligarchs and governments, as Sheridan’s cowboy points out, means that we end up working entirely for them and never for ourselves.

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