The best example of socialism vs capitalism is the Plymouth Colony. During socialism, it was floundering, after Gov Bradford divided up the land for each family to plant and grow/do with what they wanted, it prospered. Rush Limbaugh has a good account of this he reads each year.
here is the link to read it:
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/11/27/the-real-story-of-thanksgiving/
But they were attempting to govern as a theocracy, weren’t they? I know the 1st century Christians sold their goods, and “they held everything in common”, but that was because many of them were in hiding. Even so, he who won’t work, doesn’t eat, was the rule there.
But they were attempting to govern as a theocracy, weren’t they? I know the 1st century Christians sold their goods, and “they held everything in common”, but that was because many of them were in hiding. Even so, he who won’t work, doesn’t eat, was the rule there.
Acts gives an account of early Christian experiments in socialism. They didn’t last long, either.