On Nov 22, 7:38*pm, HellT wrote:
On 11/22/2011 12:25 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:

* * *http://mises.org/daily/1678

Mises Daily: Thursday, November 25, 2004 by Gary Galles

The Pilgrims' unhappiness was caused by their system of
common property (not adopted, as often asserted, from their
religious convictions, but required against their will by
the colony's sponsors). The fruits of each person's efforts
went to the community, and each received a share from the
common wealth. This caused severe strains among the members,
as Colony Governor William Bradford recorded:

Wow, what a twisted version of history. The truth: King James cut a
deal with a company of merchant adventurers to settle and govern the
area in New England. The Peirce Company would be given 100 acres from
the Crown for in exchange for each settler it transported.

The Peirce Company then contracted with the Pilgrims to take them to
America, under terms that said all land and profits would accrue to
the Company for seven years. After that period, the assets would be
divided among the company's investors, most of whom were not Pilgrims.

In other words, the Pilgrims were employees of a corporation. And
guess what - after a few years of doing the work and enduring the
misery for the sole benefit of the company's investors, the Pilgrims
renegotiated their contract with the Company, permitting them to buy
the Company out over a period of years.

In other words, the Pilgrims were the first workers in America to
collectively organize and bargain for a better contract with their
employers. It worked to their benefit.

Stormy, you just endorsed the enduring principle of labor unions.

Yes pretty twisted.
It is celebrationof how the indians helped the early colonists and
were repaid with ethnic cleansing and infection with deadly disease.