With a Thanksgiving under attack, a lesson Socialism from the Pilgrims

[LeftofLeft]

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed

Happy Thanksgiving! My Favorite Holiday. A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works!

 

[anynameyouwish]

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed

Happy Thanksgiving! My Favorite Holiday. A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works!

A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works"



If you hate socialism so much you should stop using our roads and don't ever call the fire dept or the police dept if you need help.

 

[Terri4Trump]

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed

Happy Thanksgiving! My Favorite Holiday. A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works!

Good stuff

 

[rightwinger]

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed

Happy Thanksgiving! My Favorite Holiday. A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works!

The Pilgrims had no choice but to adopt common ownership

They were few in number and were starving.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed

Happy Thanksgiving! My Favorite Holiday. A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works!

A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works"



If you hate socialism so much you should stop using our roads and don't ever call the fire dept or the police dept if you need help.

I think LIMITED Socialism has a significant role in a Capitalist Society and that we do a good job of that here in the US. I maintain that Socialism cannot usurp or compromise Capitalism because we then become yet another failed Socialist state like so many others around the globe.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed

Happy Thanksgiving! My Favorite Holiday. A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works!

The Pilgrims had no choice but to adopt common ownership

They were few in number and were starving.

Initially, but look how and why they evolved? They realized holistic common ownership would not scale and would actually create another threat.

 

[skews13]

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed

Happy Thanksgiving! My Favorite Holiday. A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works!

The Pilgrims had no choice but to adopt common ownership

They were few in number and were starving.

Yep, and not intelligent enough to feed themselves, surrounded by forests full of game, and rivers, and streams full of fish. I guess God, and the queens english just wasn't enough huh?

 

[skews13]

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed

Happy Thanksgiving! My Favorite Holiday. A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works!

The Pilgrims had no choice but to adopt common ownership

They were few in number and were starving.

Initially, but look how and why they evolved? They realized holistic common ownership would not scale and would actually create another threat.

They had no such realization. You're a fool.

 

[pknopp]

The Pilgrims would have all died if not for the welfare of those already here.

 

[anynameyouwish]

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed

Happy Thanksgiving! My Favorite Holiday. A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works!

A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works"



If you hate socialism so much you should stop using our roads and don't ever call the fire dept or the police dept if you need help.

I think LIMITED Socialism has a significant role in a Capitalist Society and that we do a good job of that here in the US. I maintain that Socialism cannot usurp or compromise Capitalism because we then become yet another failed Socialist state like so many others around the globe.

"I think LIMITED Socialism has a significant role in a Capitalist Society and that we do a good job of that here in the US."

In that case, I shall say to YOU what conservatives say to ME when I say "I want LIMITED SOCIALISM" .....

move to china ya god hating, christian hating, America hating, freedom hating, constitution hating commy pinko who wants my money because he refuses to work!


I've been told by conservative wackos on this board that ANY socialism (even limited) ultimately leads to COMMUNISM!

 

[pknopp]

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed

Happy Thanksgiving! My Favorite Holiday. A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works!

A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works"



If you hate socialism so much you should stop using our roads and don't ever call the fire dept or the police dept if you need help.

I think LIMITED Socialism has a significant role in a Capitalist Society and that we do a good job of that here in the US. I maintain that Socialism cannot usurp or compromise Capitalism because we then become yet another failed Socialist state like so many others around the globe.

"I think LIMITED Socialism has a significant role in a Capitalist Society and that we do a good job of that here in the US."

In that case, I shall say to YOU what conservatives say to ME when I say "I want LIMITED SOCIALISM" .....

move to china ya god hating, christian hating, America hating, freedom hating, constitution hating commy pinko who wants my money because he refuses to work!


I've been told by conservative wackos on this board that ANY socialism (even limited) ultimately leads to COMMUNISM!

All while defending socialist programs.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed

Happy Thanksgiving! My Favorite Holiday. A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works!

Thanksgiving is not under attack, Trump lied and you fell for it. You should be embarrassed

 

[LeftofLeft]

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed

Happy Thanksgiving! My Favorite Holiday. A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works!

A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works"



If you hate socialism so much you should stop using our roads and don't ever call the fire dept or the police dept if you need help.

I think LIMITED Socialism has a significant role in a Capitalist Society and that we do a good job of that here in the US. I maintain that Socialism cannot usurp or compromise Capitalism because we then become yet another failed Socialist state like so many others around the globe.

"I think LIMITED Socialism has a significant role in a Capitalist Society and that we do a good job of that here in the US."

In that case, I shall say to YOU what conservatives say to ME when I say "I want LIMITED SOCIALISM" .....

move to china ya god hating, christian hating, America hating, freedom hating, constitution hating commy pinko who wants my money because he refuses to work!


I've been told by conservative wackos on this board that ANY socialism (even limited) ultimately leads to COMMUNISM!

The welfare we have in the US is forms of Socialism. So that it doesn’t lead to Communism or otherwise hurt Capitalism, I say it needs to be held in check. Capitalism pays for Socialism.

 

[pknopp]

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed

Happy Thanksgiving! My Favorite Holiday. A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works!

A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works"



If you hate socialism so much you should stop using our roads and don't ever call the fire dept or the police dept if you need help.

I think LIMITED Socialism has a significant role in a Capitalist Society and that we do a good job of that here in the US. I maintain that Socialism cannot usurp or compromise Capitalism because we then become yet another failed Socialist state like so many others around the globe.

"I think LIMITED Socialism has a significant role in a Capitalist Society and that we do a good job of that here in the US."

In that case, I shall say to YOU what conservatives say to ME when I say "I want LIMITED SOCIALISM" .....

move to china ya god hating, christian hating, America hating, freedom hating, constitution hating commy pinko who wants my money because he refuses to work!


I've been told by conservative wackos on this board that ANY socialism (even limited) ultimately leads to COMMUNISM!

The welfare we have in the US is forms of Socialism. So that it doesn’t lead to Communism or otherwise hurt Capitalism, I say it needs to be held in check. Capitalism pays for Socialism.

The Federal Reserve is paying for everything. The Federal Reserve is not capitalism.

 

[initforme]

It never ends with this "under attack" stuff. As a white traditionally married man I DON'T buy I to

1) White males are under attack.
2) Marriage is under attack
3). Christmas is under attack
4). My gun rights are going to be taken away.
5). Capitalism is under attack

Fear rhetoric. Capitalism is safer than ever. Gay marriage has no effect on me at all. None. Zero. I still celebrate Thanksgiving and the birth of my savior Jesus the true son of God. I've owned by ring rifles since I was a kid 70 years ago. The 2nd amendment is safer than safe. I'm a white male and have yet to ever be attacked for it. So to get me to leave my third party vote for this stuff. Not going to take the bait. I see right through it. Because a clue of leftie kookoos make some noise isn't really any kind of any threat. The next time a candidate from the GOP seems decent I might vote for them

 

[CowboyTed]

The OP links to an article which has no basis in evidence...

Here is what actually happened for the first few years of the settlers:

Great sickness[edit]
The Mayflower arrived in Plymouth Bay on December 20, 1620. The settlers began building the colony's first house on December 25 (Christmas). Their efforts were slowed, however, when a widespread sickness struck the settlers. The sickness had begun on the ship.[36] On January 11, 1621, Bradford was helping to build houses when he was suddenly struck with great pain in his hipbone and collapsed. He was taken to the "common house" (the only finished house built then) and it was feared that he would not last the night.[37]

Bradford recovered, but many of the other settlers were not so fortunate. During the months of February and March 1621, sometimes two or three people died a day. By the end of the winter, half of the 100 settlers had died.[38] In an attempt to hide their weakness from Native Americans who might be watching them, the settlers buried their dead in unmarked graves on Cole's Hill, often at night, and made efforts to conceal the burials.[39]

During the epidemic, there were only a small number of men who remained healthy and bore the responsibility of caring for the sick. One of these was Captain Myles Standish, a soldier who had been hired by the settlers to coordinate the defense of the colony. Standish cared for Bradford during his illness and this was the beginning of a bond of friendship between the two men.[40] Bradford was elected governor soon after Carver's death and, in that capacity, he worked closely with Standish. Bradford had no military experience and therefore came to rely on and trust the advice of Captain Myles Standish concerning military matters.
William Bradford (governor) - Wikipedia

So the OP writer wanted to cull the all the settlers bar a few who would have survived and probably be killed for introducing diease to America by the natives.

So to conclude I wouldn't put the author in charge of Grandma.

 

[rightwinger]

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed

Happy Thanksgiving! My Favorite Holiday. A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works!

The Pilgrims had no choice but to adopt common ownership

They were few in number and were starving.

Initially, but look how and why they evolved? They realized holistic common ownership would not scale and would actually create another threat.

Like most societies, Dog eat Dog prevailed

 

[Dragonlady]

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed

Happy Thanksgiving! My Favorite Holiday. A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works!

Hey Stupid!!! Thanksgiving isn't under attack. Trump made that up.

As a secular with no connection to religion, Thanksgiving is the ONE holiday that ALL Americans of every faith, race and creed love, even if it does mean spending time with family members like you who are idiots. The Thanksgiving weekend is the biggest travel weekend of the year, and a holiday all Americans love.

Along comes the Divider in Chief, with FAUX News in tow, trying to divide the American people and create fear and paranoia where none exists, by creating a phony "War on Thanksgiving". This is even dumber than the phony War on Christima. And the right wing loons are parrotting this idiocy.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed

Happy Thanksgiving! My Favorite Holiday. A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works!

Thanksgiving is not under attack, Trump lied and you fell for it. You should be embarrassed

Why are

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property | Lawrence W. Reed

Happy Thanksgiving! My Favorite Holiday. A good lesson from this Nation’s early settlers’s experiment with Socialism and how and why it failed. Thank God for Capitalism! It works!

Hey Stupid!!! Thanksgiving isn't under attack. Trump made that up.

As a secular with no connection to religion, Thanksgiving is the ONE holiday that ALL Americans of every faith, race and creed love, even if it does mean spending time with family members like you who are idiots. The Thanksgiving weekend is the biggest travel weekend of the year, and a holiday all Americans love.

Along comes the Divider in Chief, with FAUX News in tow, trying to divide the American people and create fear and paranoia where none exists, by creating a phony "War on Thanksgiving". This is even dumber than the phony War on Christima. And the right wing loons are parrotting this idiocy.

My post has nothing to do with Trump and was not aware he made such a statement. My take is on the people who feel compelled to emphasize the negative origins of Thanksgiving - real or imagined. In my liberal county in Maryland, the local elementary svho banned the celebration at school.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

My post has nothing to do with Trump and was not aware he made such a statement. My take is on the people who feel compelled to emphasize the negative origins of Thanksgiving - real or imagined. In my liberal county in Maryland, the local elementary svho banned the celebration at school.

Wow, what a weird coincidence that you and Trump both think that Thanksgiving is under attack....