tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post6004347401656959131..comments2024-03-28T22:44:04.754-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: Some thoughts on a lot of what passes for 'science fiction'Firehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-85037111498704513312013-05-04T02:31:07.336-07:002013-05-04T02:31:07.336-07:00It's interesting that the first English coloni...It's interesting that the first English colonies on the North American continent began by choosing communistic / socialistic constitutions, for example the Mayflower Compact, where each was to labour to the best of their abilities, putting btheir produce into a central store, from which each withdrew according to their needs.<br /><br />Not surprisingly, the governors of the colonies recorded the laziness of the majority, and the constant shortages of food from the communal fields.<br /><br />In Jamestown in 1609 - 1610, the shortages resulting from the perverse incentives of the socialistic system resulted not only in fammine but also in cannibalism.<br /><br />There had been written descriptions of the cannibalism, but now there's archaeological evidence of it too, <br /><br />The archaeologists at the Jamestown / James Fort site have some videos up showing the evidence of butchery on human remains (a teenage English girl), found discarded with bones of butchered dogs and horses. http://youtu.be/FGcN9_Gd5zQ<br /><br />There's an excerpt from Rothbard's "Conceived in Liberty" as a Mises daily, describing the Mayflower compact and the resulting famine, and the abandonment of communism/socialism in the Plymouth colony, along with supporting records from the governors of the colony<br />http://mises.org/daily/5947/The-Fall-of-Communism-in-Massachusetts<br /><br />We don't have to go to Cambodia or Siberia to find the skulls of socialism's victims.Luton Iannoreply@blogger.com