How Marxism Nearly Killed the Pilgrims. I’m Catherine Mortensen with the ALG Minute.
Karl Marx’ socialist ideal almost killed the Pilgrim colony and it was only through private ownership of property that a true Thanksgiving feast was established.
November of 1621 marked one-year in the New World for a band of what began as 35 English religious separatists and 67 entrepreneurs who had landed on the shores of New England. In their first winter, harsh conditions and diseases like pneumonia and scurvy led to the death of forty-five of the original 102.
Prior to sailing, the Pilgrims had signed a seven year contract stipulating that, “all profits and benefits … shall be pooled for the common benefit. In other words, socialism.
The first two-years were a disaster with shortages and starvation. After two-years, the Pilgrims decided to end the common goods experiment and established private property rights in the colony.
And that, is the REAL story of the first Thanksgiving! for more check us out at the Daily Torch.com
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