Sullivan: In the true story of Thanksgiving, socialism failed and individual liberty rescued the pilgrims
By Michael Quinn Sullivan | Guest Commentary, Texas Scorecard
We think we know the story of Thanksgiving: the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, faced a harsh winter, famine and disease, and then only with the help of friendly natives learned how to survive. It’s nice for bedtime stories and feel-good paintings, but it ignores the most important lessons of our early history.
The pilgrims weren’t city slickers ill-prepared for wilderness life, nor were they misguided about the challenges facing them in the New World. Sadly, the travails and trials of those pilgrims weren’t merely the result of recklessness, ignorance, or chance.
No, the problems the pilgrims faced — and overcame — were of their very own making through a well-intentioned, though misguided, governing ideology.
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