[Liz]

[Sarcasm Factory]

Actually, Liz, I think the idiot was unintentionally right this time — the Pilgrims evidently based their colony on what ultimately proved to be a disastrous experiment with socialism. That's what I vaguely recall from my old American history classes from decades ago. When the survivors abandoned socialism in favor of private enterprise after much of the colony had succumbed to famine and disease, they suddenly did much better. I don't expect this sort of historical accuracy to be very popular with the socialist crowd, though.