This sort of sounds like Thomas Jefferson's vision for America, but like Franklin he was a honest to God polymath who benefited from a Classical education and therefore became skilled at a great many things along with all the inspirations of the Age of Invention.
Anyway, I hope that your vision turns out that way. It would be sad if it came to be that the most popular sideline career turned out to be pot growing.
It’ll have to. With all the techie jobs going overseas and the increse of useless degrees and cost of college, plus those fed up with the rat race and dealing wiht asinine management, there will be a LOT of smaller independent businesses operating and in a way where you can be your own boss. As for drugs, well, who knows. I mean, at what point do you just want to give up completely and leave and operate out of your own home? A lot of people move overseas for that very reason. College degrees don’t get you the job all the time and employers now want to know if you can do the job, not just how much schooling you have. It would be better upfront that the employers sees what they need ot see on the resume.
Did you ever read the book, “The Obsolete Employee”? It’s telling about how new business mentalities are at work.