Throughout history, and in every part of the world, political rulers – and the elites who enable them – have been flattering the ‘agrarian’ classes for the benefit of the state. That these classes buy into it, no less today than ever before is an impediment to economic and political freedom. I have always loved agriculture and rural life but have never been of the opinion that people are morally superior merely for living in rural areas, or that those who farm deserve adulation and special privileges either because the economics of agriculture require it or because the production of … Continue reading

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