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by stew-j 1390 days ago
Right, but LHOTP showed the importance of community--and the power of cooperation. [1] This was a strong theme in the first season. I grew up in Kansas in the late '70s to mid '80s, and the "theme" back then was the accretion of family farms by bank repossession into large agribusinesses--but there were still small to medium sized farmers at the co-ops. Having your means of support repo-ed is another way to starve.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_cooperative#Unite...