# What The Role of the Farmer means in The Absolute at Large

> Amidst economic chaos, the farmer is portrayed as a pragmatic anchor, refusing to give away goods and maintaining scarcity, thus saving society from total collapse through traditional market instincts.

## Explanation

Amidst economic chaos, the farmer is portrayed as a pragmatic anchor, refusing to give away goods and maintaining scarcity, thus saving society from total collapse through traditional market instincts.

Farmers are portrayed as the saviors of the economy, resisting the mania for giving away goods and maintaining scarcity through high prices.

The Role of the Farmer is one of the patterns The Absolute at Large by Karel Čapek returns to. The chapter notes above are from this edition’s companions — open those chapters to see how the book stages the idea rather than treating the theme as a slogan.

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