My reaction to reading this “article” twice is that the author is on drugs. He could also title an article:
“2+2 does not equal 4
blah blah blah, leaking boat, blah blah blah, head on a stick,........and now the part ignorant right wingers often misinterpret:
“and as thouest can seeith- if thou haveth 2 apples and addith 2 more you haveth 4 apples”
Agreed.
If anything the article reinforces the notion that the only way to get the new arrivals to participate at their fullest effort was to allow them to work for themselves and not the common good.
While the original colonists were motivated by a deep, internal set of values, the later group were not. Herein lies the fundamental problem with socialism: it will only work if everyone is a person of high character and self-sacrifice. Add a few people who are not motivated by the same spirit and the system falls apart.