Southern Agrarians- did America Lose its Liberty When it Lost its Agrarian Roots?

[timosman]

Urbanization and urbanites will be the downfall of this country.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?506174-The-Real-Reason-Your-City-Has-No-Money

 

[Jackson]

Big cities mean centralization. Very bad for liberty.

 

[timosman]

The revolution was one thing, the union was another.
And Yankees might have been less bad but they were still Yankees.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?506172-The-Yankee-Problem-An-American-Dilemma

 

[1stvermont]

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?506172-The-Yankee-Problem-An-American-Dilemma

Great book, what of this one?

https://www.amazon.com/South-Right-James-Ronald-Kennedy/dp/1565540247

 

[Pericles]

isent it interesting the most liberal sections of any country are its cities. The most libertarian/conservative are rural.

The notion is that political freedom is dependent on economic freedom. An agrarian society has a greater degree of economic freedom due to the greater degree of self sufficiency, than does an industrial society. Industrial societies, with their more complex economy make individuals dependent on each other for earning wealth, and thus the degree of freedom one has may be subject to economic influences that have an affect on earning a living.