before leaving Plymouth England, stipulated that the Pilgrims were to pool, for common benefit, āall profits and benefits that are got by trade, traffic, trucking, working, fishing, or any other means of any person or personsā¦ā It further noted āthat at the end of the seven years, the capital and profits, viz. the houses, lands, goods and chattels, be equally divided betwixt the Adventurers and Plantersā¦ā During this time the colonists were to āhave their meat, drink, apparel, and all provisions out of the common stock and goods of the said colony.ā It doesnāt get more socialistic than this because the government divvied out the goods and loafers received the same as those who worked.