While this appears to be humorous it is far too close to the truth.
If one takes the time to read up on the original colonists, one will learn that many were "lay abouts" who did not believe it was their station to toil with their hands. They expected to gamble or play games and live off what the other hard-working newscomers did.
Read it for yourselves @ http://www.forbes.com/sites/jerrybowyer/2011/11/23/occupy-plymouth-colony-how-a-failed-commune-led-to-thanksgiving/