They just got a valuable lesson in the difference between socialism and capitalism. One is good in the ideal zone but in the real world it just doesn’t work. Kinda like Communism. I hope they really feel good about all the hours of free time they gave to this failing project. Its not even a church so they couldn’t think of earning treasures in Heaven. This story should be told in every college in the nation. Capitalism works—always has, always will. It reminds me of the opening part of Little Orphan Annie— where the Bolshevik tries to bomb Daddy Warbucks because he was living proof Capitalism works.
The story of the first couple of years of the Pilgrims at Plymouth is an eye opener. They were striving for a true “commonwealth” where all material things and food were shared in common. They nearly didn’t survive their second year as the lazy folks were taking more than what the workers were producing.
The despairing governor for the next spring planting decided to let folks have little parcels of their own and farm and raise animals as they saw fit as well as letting them give to the common store room and church as they would. Those “who did not work would not eat” (apostle Paul) was the new economic model and thus did the colony begin to prosper and not only prosper but there was extra for the common stores/and church for those who had or would fall into misfortune.
Thus an early foray into American socialism/communism was found to be a failure while biblically based free enter prise and capitalism flourished!
They did not work for free. They paid their bills and stuff from the top.