Believe it or not, England’s first seventeenth-century American colonies were founded on “communist” principles! Let that sink in for a moment. Fortunately, this curious experiment with simple communism lasted about as long as it takes for people to die of starvation under collective ownership and wealth redistribution.
Just brilliant, Brad. Only a genuine scholar of history could write this essay. There are so many fascinating details: for example, Bradford's understanding that the foundation of the Plymouth Company was based on a Platonic "conceit" was astounding to me! The man knew his philosophy. And I think you have coined a useful new term - "joint stock communism," - which is pretty descriptive of today's ESG-governed public companies. Your "Conclusion" is superb, a fine summary of the virtues of private property deriving directly from your fascinating story. Thank you.
So, with countless examples of the damage done to human life by communism over the last 400 years, how can it still be so very popular? Are our fellow human beings really that dumb, or is there something else at work?
Thanks for digging so deeply into a fascinating period of human history. Truly the founders came so close to getting things right but in their time, lacked the skills drive a stake through the vampire, altruism. This is the first I’ve know of justice Marshall and I intend to check more of what he had to say. Also, I have an essay on property rights, themed as, we own the rearrangement of molecules we create, relinquishing them back to nature when finished with them for others to use. I’ll post a link if you’d like.
Just brilliant, Brad. Only a genuine scholar of history could write this essay. There are so many fascinating details: for example, Bradford's understanding that the foundation of the Plymouth Company was based on a Platonic "conceit" was astounding to me! The man knew his philosophy. And I think you have coined a useful new term - "joint stock communism," - which is pretty descriptive of today's ESG-governed public companies. Your "Conclusion" is superb, a fine summary of the virtues of private property deriving directly from your fascinating story. Thank you.
So, with countless examples of the damage done to human life by communism over the last 400 years, how can it still be so very popular? Are our fellow human beings really that dumb, or is there something else at work?
Thanks for digging so deeply into a fascinating period of human history. Truly the founders came so close to getting things right but in their time, lacked the skills drive a stake through the vampire, altruism. This is the first I’ve know of justice Marshall and I intend to check more of what he had to say. Also, I have an essay on property rights, themed as, we own the rearrangement of molecules we create, relinquishing them back to nature when finished with them for others to use. I’ll post a link if you’d like.
These essays are so good that I want to print them I have them to give to my kids. Will they be in a future book?