| | | | | As we roll into the holiday season this week, I’m reminded of America’s first commie experiment — the Pilgrims that landed at Plymouth Rock.
Now, removing all incentive in exchange for a master, central plan of productivity wasn’t the pilgrim’s idea. It was forced on them by the principal investors in the colony.
Yes, many of the first European settlers were backed by corporate interests. Call it a proto fascist/corporatist experiment if you will.
The plan abolished private ownership for the most part and dictated that property, including farmland, food, and lodgings be held in common.
This arrangement was to last seven years. It worked for two.
So abundant were the resources — once Squanto showed them the ropes — that incentive and work ethic didn’t matter much. But once game got scarce and corn yields proved insufficient (because no one wanted to work as hard as was required) they said to heck with this commie crap.
And here’s what the Governor of the colony, William Bradford, had to say about the Pilgrim’s flight from voluntary slavery…
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