This is obvious class warfare Marxist rhetoric. The Christian is dedicated to spiritual riches, not to schemes that never work.
I agree.
There are a number of imbedded issues that caught my eye.
Number one was the amount of land available for homesteading.
It certainly wasn’t shrinking, unless one considered that government was taking much of it as western territories applied for statehood. Land was plentiful but land for the public was shrinking.
The ownership system they propose, is available even now. Not everyone desires ownership as there are competing choices for the fruits of ones labor.
If one desires cars, boats, planes, houses, pets, beer, fun and games, numberless children, Obamacations, pursuit of welfare payments versus work for a living, etc, etc, one can see that ownership could be way down on the priority list of what to purchase.
Seeking welfare as the means of support would limit ones income stream to begin with. Not to mention that the principles being discussed in the article become moot when one is not engaged in production.