In short, labor cannot be free, unless each laborer is free to hire all the capital--money capital, as well as all other capital--that he honestly can hire; free to buy, wherever he can buy, all the raw material he needs for his labor; and free to sell, wherever he can sell, all the products of his labor.
Spooner outlines the essential freedoms required for laborers to fully engage in their industries.
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