tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post8176232981952342802..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: I Am The Uncle You Never HadAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-88550355728854567282013-11-25T06:58:23.630-05:002013-11-25T06:58:23.630-05:00I have long thought that the quintessential "...I have long thought that the quintessential "American character" died when industrialization made it easier to work for somebody else than carve one's own living out of the world. I used to think that this was an early consequence of progressivism, but I had it backwards; progressivism really found traction when men traded independence and self-reliance for mere employment. For what is progressivism, after all, if not the idea that society owes you a living?Kevin Tnoreply@blogger.com