As I want to wish all of my friends and family a very happy thanksgiving let me first give you a real history lesson of what we were originally thankful for, the stomping out of socialism. Please take the time to read. Happy Thanksgiving. Years of political correctness, white guilt, and the inability to be honest when the facts are less than favorable to any group of people that isn’t dominated by white men has led us to the confusion of the recount as the believed-to-be-true story of how Thanksgiving began. Some of us have always known what a bunch of crap the depiction is. Facts, as Ronald Reagan liked to say, are stubborn things. The real events of Thanksgiving are known and have been known since they happened, in 1621 thanks to a man named William Bradford, who most people learned about (wrongly) and have long since forgotten. Bradford was the governor of the Plymouth colony who kept copious notes in real time of all events occurring to the Pilgrims and is also, some believe, the true father of what later became known to be Capitalism, the American monetary system. The true story of Thanksgiving is actually one of the most inspiring tales of entrepreneurship and the human work ethic ever written. The true story of Thanksgiving highlights one of life’s eternal truths; each of us has the ability to rise above challenges seemingly greater than our skills and not just survive, but thrive if we desire to do so. The true story of Thanksgiving is about choosing to win and refusing to lose; which in the 17th century meant choosing to live and refusing to die. The true story of Thanksgiving is not only not shameful, it is one of the building blocks upon which the greatest nation in Earth’s history was built. This from each according to his ability, to each according to his need was an early form of socialism, and it is why the Pilgrims were starving in 1621 and1622. Bradford writes that young men that are most able and fit for labor and service complained about being forced to spend their time and strength to work for other mens wives and children. So the young and strong refused to work and the total amount of food produced was never adequate. To rectify this situation, in 1623 Bradford abolished socialism. No longer would there be a community pool of rations. No longer would few work so that all could have. He surveyed the land they held and he gave each household a parcel of land and told them they could keep what they produced, or trade it away as they saw fit. In other words, every family, every man, was required to produce his or her own food, shelter and clothing. It was left to each private land owner to decide whether or not they wanted to produce only enough for those who lived on their property, or whether or not they wanted to produce excess and sell or trade that excess to people less willing to work or take risk. In other words, he replaced socialism with a free market, and that was the end of famine, for they had more food than they could use in the years that followed. fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1650bradford.asp#First harvest So this year as you enjoy your Thanksgiving feast, take a moment to bear in mind that while the media and Hallmark want you to believe that this is a day about celebrating friends and family, the truth is far greater than that. Thanksgiving is yet another day to celebrate the greatest nation on Earth and its stunningly noble beginnings. Enjoy the bounty that you have worked so hard to achieve; and if you somehow find yourself wanting for more this Thanksgiving, take a page from the Pilgrims and ask not “why me,” but rather ask “how can I?” (Written by Rob Williams)
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 05:49:17 +0000
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