Let’s give thanks — for not living under socialism

New York Post ^ | November 27, 2025 | John Stossel

[TBP]

Americans should know we already gave socialism a chance.

The only reason we get to celebrate Thanksgiving with lots of food is because the Pilgrims learned (the hard way) that socialism doesn’t work.

When they came to America, they first tried sharing land. Gov. William Bradford decreed that each family would get an equal share of food, no matter how much they worked.

The results were disastrous.

Few Pilgrims worked hard, claiming “weakness and inability,” wrote Bradford. “Much was stolen.”

The same plan in Jamestown led to starvation, the death of half the population, even cannibalism.

Learning from their mistakes, the Pilgrims tried a different approach: “Every family was assigned a parcel of land,” wrote Bradford. Then, he noted, Pilgrims “went willingly into the field.”

That’s capitalism.

Soon, there was an abundance of food. So much that the Pilgrims and Natives could celebrate Thanksgiving together.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: givethanks; jamestown; notjamestown; pilgrims; plymouth; socialism

[TBP]

The real story is the Pilgrims finding out first hand that socialism doesn't work and capitalism does.

[ProgressingAmerica]

Governor Bradford’s journal is quite educational.

The free audio version of it is also well done and worth listening to.

[simpson96]

“the Pilgrims learned (the hard way) that socialism doesn’t work”

Want to bet Zohan doesn’t know anything about the Pilgrims after they settled in the New World?

[sport]

There are a Hell of a lot of people today in the United States of America who want to live under Socialism. They vote Democrat and support Socialistic causes. There is a shit pot full of them. Each year the high schools graduate a class of them. And the colleges and universities graduate a class of them. The aim and goal of each class is to destroy The United States of America.

[Secret Agent Man]

Inherent in all socialists is their desire to ignore how socialism never works where its tried, and then their universal excuse of “they didnt do it right, but we will”

[MacNaughton]

Want to bet Zohan doesn’t know anything about the Pilgrims after they settled in the New World?