Thanksgiving truly started here because of the recognition that Governor William Bradford had that private industry and capitalism created a well-spring of wealth and a fountain of fortune.
Yes, they had tried living communally, sharing their production equally. But as the Russians later learned, when the wheels of your progress are limited to the energy level of the most reluctant among you, your productivity is very low.
Once people began to directly benefit from their own work, on their own property, a cornucopia opened up, and it looked to the pilgrims as if God's own blessings were pouring out over them. But it was merely proof of the aphorism that "God helps those who help themselves".
It has taken the liberal left a couple of hundred years to make us forget this. It would be nice if they worked as hard to help us remember.
I would be very thankful if that could happen.
Amen.
Great tagline!
I’m thankful for those of my ancestors who participated in that first Thanksgiving! Without them, this would be just another day!