Summary: When an individual no longer had the ability to make a determination on what they would do with their lives as far as being self-sufficient they simply felt their only choice was to become someones servant in the workplace apathy was the result and it affects all areas of society today.
He was a rancher and he subcontracted to be a stagecoach driver in the late 1800s. He had four sons and they all served in the military because thats what Americas sons did as a way of expressing gratitude for the freedom to pursue life.
As the man aged he found it more difficult to manage a ranch on his own so he leased the land for farming and he became a railroad engineer and later a police officer after his wife passed away.
But when he talked about what he loved best it was always ranching. He would recall the days riding fence or rescuing cattle after a blizzard. He always recalled these as the hardest years of his life, but the most rewarding and his eyes twinkled as he spoke.
His story is echoed across an aging population. They felt most alive when they called the shots when they controlled their destiny.
As industrialization swept the...