referring to anyone who works for a living (rather than owning for a living) as "Gentry" is already considerable status inflation tbh
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@MorlockP had the right of it: the G{4,3,2} own their "farm" (knowledge base) but have to work it themselves.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
so I mentioned Jefferson's yeoman this is a point I want to harp on at great length (but will do so only at short length) I remember HS history teacher "...and thus Jefferson was wrong bc farming is derp, LOL !" decade later I looed up "yeoman", and learned >>>
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"yeoman" doesn't mean farmer (why would it, if the phrase is "yeoman farmer" ?). "Yeoman" means "self owned; not working on someone else's assets". TJ wasn't praising agriculture; he was praising independence and self-employment! And this makes so much sense! Everyone I've met
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Jefferson was a fan of both, he was an advocate for the franchise belonging to land owners and envisioned an America composed of yeoman farmers smallholding land wrested from "the wilderness" (Indians)
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yes, I know my point is that "yeoman farmer" is two words, and both were intentional (but, yes, skipped over the ag part / was unclear ...but largely bc I wanted to focus on latter) but I think TJ knew / saw that farming supports yeoman scale while other industries don't
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I think the only category my wife doesn't rate me at a perfect 10 in is longbow skillz
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