1. Quite the coincidence: the same folks who wish to 'fundamentally change,' i.e., destroy America, hate capitalism.
And this hatred is based on a misreading of human nature.
Tragic that the same misunderstanding of human nature led to the slaughter of over 100 million human beings last century by other big government totalitarians.
The central error can be found here: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."
Communists, socialists, Liberals, fascists.....the above applies to 'em all.
2. What America was, and what America is.
Contrary to the collectivist view of the contemporary eco-fascists, the colonial ideal was private ownership. The lesson was well learned from the Plymouth Colony, begun as a communal venture, but not successful until each family tilled and profited from their own plots.
William Bradford, who served as Plymouth Colony Governor five times covering about thirty years between 1621 and 1657, knew that a man who could feed his family would not be a mendicant, demanding entitlements, and was capable of standing up to tyranny. The yeoman farmer was the unit of freedom.
a. Bradford described the introduction of capitalism (1623) to replace communal use of the land:
"And so assigned to every family a parcel of land, according to the proportion of their number, for that end, only for present use (but made no division for inheritance) and ranged all boys and youth under some family. This had very good success, for it made all hands very industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been by any means the Governor or any other could use, and saved him a great deal of trouble, and gave far better content. The women now went willingly into the field, and took their little ones with them to set corn; which before would allege weakness and inability; whom to have compelled would have been thought great tyranny and oppression."
Pilgrim Hall Museum - Beyond the Pilgrim Story - Humility Cooper
"....which before would allege weakness and inability...."
Think Liberal welfare policies.
And now for an echo of the insane asylum:
b. .....an example of this utopianism, and the Left’s willingness to destroy what is provably good, in the hope of finding this imaginary utopia...Michael Moore tells CNN's Anderson Cooper that capitalism “is an evil system set up to benefit the few at the expense of the many…. "
So, what system do you want?" Anderson Cooper asked Moore.
"Well there's no system right now that exists. We're going to create that system.” Michael Moore We re Going To Replace Capitalism As We Know It RealClearPolitics
America was founded on the idea of the individual, not the collective, and the right of every free man and woman to apply labor to property and create wealth.
Of course, that was when the government answered to the people....not the other way around.
And this hatred is based on a misreading of human nature.
Tragic that the same misunderstanding of human nature led to the slaughter of over 100 million human beings last century by other big government totalitarians.
The central error can be found here: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."
Communists, socialists, Liberals, fascists.....the above applies to 'em all.
2. What America was, and what America is.
Contrary to the collectivist view of the contemporary eco-fascists, the colonial ideal was private ownership. The lesson was well learned from the Plymouth Colony, begun as a communal venture, but not successful until each family tilled and profited from their own plots.
William Bradford, who served as Plymouth Colony Governor five times covering about thirty years between 1621 and 1657, knew that a man who could feed his family would not be a mendicant, demanding entitlements, and was capable of standing up to tyranny. The yeoman farmer was the unit of freedom.
a. Bradford described the introduction of capitalism (1623) to replace communal use of the land:
"And so assigned to every family a parcel of land, according to the proportion of their number, for that end, only for present use (but made no division for inheritance) and ranged all boys and youth under some family. This had very good success, for it made all hands very industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been by any means the Governor or any other could use, and saved him a great deal of trouble, and gave far better content. The women now went willingly into the field, and took their little ones with them to set corn; which before would allege weakness and inability; whom to have compelled would have been thought great tyranny and oppression."
Pilgrim Hall Museum - Beyond the Pilgrim Story - Humility Cooper
"....which before would allege weakness and inability...."
Think Liberal welfare policies.
And now for an echo of the insane asylum:
b. .....an example of this utopianism, and the Left’s willingness to destroy what is provably good, in the hope of finding this imaginary utopia...Michael Moore tells CNN's Anderson Cooper that capitalism “is an evil system set up to benefit the few at the expense of the many…. "
So, what system do you want?" Anderson Cooper asked Moore.
"Well there's no system right now that exists. We're going to create that system.” Michael Moore We re Going To Replace Capitalism As We Know It RealClearPolitics
America was founded on the idea of the individual, not the collective, and the right of every free man and woman to apply labor to property and create wealth.
Of course, that was when the government answered to the people....not the other way around.
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