Did you know that the Pilgrims were among the first Americans to demonstrate the value of self-reliance and private property (one’s labor, skills, land, possessions, etc.)?  In Plymouth Colony, food and supplies were initially shared and allocated among colonists in a communal system of farming and food distribution, which resulted in a lack of incentive to … Continue reading The Pilgrims and Private Property: What the Pilgrims Might Have Thought About Communism & Socialism