They thus induce a much larger portion of the people, than otherwise would, to leave agriculture, and engage in mechanical employments; and thus become purchasers, instead of producers, of agricultural commodities.
Spooner critiques how economic systems push people away from agriculture and into mechanical jobs, affecting their roles as producers.
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The will, or the pretended will, of the majority, is the last lurking place of tyranny at the present day.
It would also be making them consent to what they regard as the destruction of their own rights.
Proud from victory, and with their swords in their hands, would they surrender their liberties to a private man?
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