Jonathan Drake dives into Spooner's first two economic propositions, starting with the deceptively simple idea that every man should keep the full fruits of his own labor. From there Jon works through why Spooner sees the employer employee relationship as a subtle drag toward poverty, and why he thinks a nation of entrepreneurs beats a nation of wage earners every time. Expect a genuinely fair minded wrestling match with the capitalist rebuttal to that claim, a clear line drawn between Spooner's thinking and actual Marxism (spoiler, they only sound similar on the surface), and some candid personal reflections on being tied to a job for over a decade. There is also a compelling case that a nation of employees conditions people to be more obedient to government overreach than a nation of independent business owners would be. Stick around for tax bracket rants, a Benson Honey Farms shoutout, and some real talk about property tax and self sufficiency.
