Strega- which agenda was pushed by his church?  His fellow church goers were the ones who voluntarily gave of their time and money to support him and his family and help grow his income.  The State, on the other hand, would be accurate in your portrayal.  Braudis could have easily gone on a countless number of social and welfare entitlement programs and lived off of those for the rest of his days, while teaching his children to do the same.  The story makes no mention of him doing this, and instead he and his family are independent and making their own way.