Herrick Kimball: the ability to supply our own needs. That is the very definition of independence

Kimball quoted Jefferson: “Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.” http://thedeliberateagrarian.blogspot.tw/2009/03/vv.html Definition of "venal" adjective 1. willing to sell one's influence, especially in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary: a venal judge. 2. able to be purchased, as by a bribe: venal acquittals. 3. associated with or characterized by bribery: a venal administration; venal agreements. See also: http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/other/libertarianism-anarchism-monopolies-and-land-3650 File that under "good reasons why anarchist visions are unrealistic."