#40 acres and a mule was a lie but even if it wasn't I think 40 acres would have been just enough land for a family to barely barely make it
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Anytime someone says that in the utopic future we'll get all/most of our produce from our literal front yard I get very very skeptical.
#My mom grew up like that due to not enough money and they were so malnourished that my mom grew two inches AFTER college.#And my granny worked hard on those gardens and canning. Harder then I am ever going to work at such things.#40 acres and a mule was a lie but even if it wasn't I think 40 acres would have been just enough land for a family to barely barely make it#and like... that is not the way the future lies.#Homesteading was to further colonization and it was still fucking hard and people frequently failed.#personal
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