Seems that I remember stories of the first settlers here trying the communal(socialist) way of setting up camp. Yeah, that didn’t last long. I saw some screed against meritocracy recently. Basically just put forth a mediocre effort so you’ll be like the other drones. No pressure to succeed or better your position. What a crock O’.
It was Rush Limbaugh who told the story of the Pilgrim’s disaster with failed socialism, and how they turned it all around by going capitalist.
https://yournews.com/2020/11/26/1942456/rush-limbaugh-on-the-true-story-of-thanksgiving-long/
Pilgrims Beat ‘Communism’ With Free Market
https://www.heritage.org/markets-and-finance/commentary/pilgrims-beat-communism-free-market
Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Communism
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1285981/posts