Communist Pilgrims?

For anyone who thinks Obama and Communism are the best direction for our country, think again.  I just found and interesting footnote in a book I just completed about the Pilgrim women who came to this country on the Mayflower in 1620.  It seems that they were the first to speak out about the shortcomings of the communal form of government the Pilgrims had adopted during their first two years in Plymouth.  According to the book, the communist administration of government was responsible for “breeding confusion and discontent.”

In a formal complaint written by William Bradford, the colony’s first governor, he added this comment: “For ye yong-men that were most able and fitte for labour and service did repine that they should spend their time and strength to work for other men’s wives and children without any recompense…  And for men’s wives to be commanded to doe servise for other men, as dressing their meate, washing their cloathes, etc., they deemed it a kind of slaverie, neither could many husbands well brooke it.”  [spelling left intact]

Anyone who has ever worked in a “union” environment knows of the deadbeats who cannot be fired and are only along for the ride.  Those are the “…yong-men…fit for labour…” that William Bradford was talking about, those unmotivated ner’-do-wells that lay their burden on the rest of us.  Union shops are a breeding ground for those types and unionism only benefits those who cannot survive on their own efforts, they need the mob to support them.

Shortly after the second group of Pilgrims arrived on the ships “Ann” and “James, the settlers adopted an “every man for his owne particuler”  [spelling left intact] form of governance and it was this attitude that produced the type of people that allowed the colonies to grow and prosper.  This is the “every man for himself” attitude that the Democrats mock!  What’s wrong with every man carrying his own weight?  Does anyone remember the battle cry of Lenin and the Communist Manifesto as they led Russia into 60 years of poverty?  “Workers of the world; Unite!” is the cry of communism and unionism and is the path of the Obama administration.

The new emblem of the Democrats

Throughout history, men have tried communism and the results have always been abject failure.  We should learn a lesson from those Pilgrim ladies or we are apt to end up like the former Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republic) or their puppet society in Cuba!  Communism always leads to tyranny and a Police-State.  Speak out, or soon, you will be afraid to speak out!