Post: #26

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

Post: #27

I'll let the pic say it's 1,000 words:

   

Post: #28

In Russian Thanksgiving, Turkey shoots YOU!


... Too soon?

Post: #29

My join date to RVF is around December 5th 2014, and this has been the best year of my life. This is largely due to the Frame and advice this forum has provided. To the regular posters here, thanks so much for everything. And here's to an even better year next year.

Post: #30

Here is some Thanksgiving Day entertainment for you guys:

Post: #31

Highly recommend Quintus Curtius' series on stoicism as well.

https://soundcloud.com/quintus-curtius-536484035

We should all resolve to not be complacent during the holidays like most people are. Most people get fat and laze around. Let's work our asses off so we can hit the ground running in 2016.

It's going to be a decisive year!

Post: #32

I just read this article talking about how Thanksgiving is really a celebration of the successful harvest the pilgrims had when they moved to a capitalist rather than socialist system.

The celebration of Thanksgiving is a celebration of plenty and appreciation of the abundance that has characterized the free enterprise, individualistic, capitalistic systems of the US. This why America grew into the most productive, highest standard of living area in the world. The Pilgrims had arrived in what is now Provincetown, Mass., on November 11, 1620, but it was late in December before they finally settled in Plymouth. In the words of Gov. Bradford,

"that which was most sad and lamentable was, that in 2 or 3 months time half of their company died, especially in January and February, being the depth of winter, and wanting houses and other comforts; being infected with the scurvy and other diseases, so as there died sometimes 2 or 3 of a day, in the aforesaid time; that of 100 and odd persons, scarce 50 remained."

They spent their first winter building houses so that they could move off the Mayflower and by March all settlers had left the ship.

Scurvy and fever had taken their toll, as by then 15 of 18 wives had died as well as 19 of 29 hired men and servants and half of the 30 sailors. When the Mayflower departed she left 23 children and 27 adults behind, but not one Pilgrim returned to England.

The Pilgrims had placed all their food and provisions in what they called the “common store” which was set up on the socialist principle of “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.”

As spring came they began to farm and by October took in their first harvest which went to the common store. It was a time to be thankful for their very survival. They had spent 67 days on the Atlantic with 132 people aboard a ship that was 128 ft. long, and survived to establish themselves and reap a harvest.

In November of 1621 the ship Fortune arrived with more than 30 new settlers, mostly young men. They apparently brought “not so much as a bisket-cake” with them, thus providing another drain on the common store for the coming winter. The future looked bleak as food supplies ran out and the “planned socialist” community began to starve again. The common store was practiced for a second year. The harvest was poor in spite of the added manpower and the colonists starved in the ensuing winter dramatically demonstrating once again that collective ownership in a socialist economy was unworkable and could not keep them alive.

Richard Grant in The Incredible Bread Machine writes,

The experience of the first Plymouth colony provides eloquent testimony to the unworkability of collective ownership of property. In his history of the Plymouth colony Governor Bradford described how the Pilgrims farmed the land in common, with the produce going into a common storehouse. For two years the Pilgrims faithfully practiced communal ownership of the means of production. And for two years nearly starved to death, rationed at times to “but a quarter of a pound of bread a day to each person.” Governor Bradford wrote that “famine must still ensue the next year also if not some way prevented.” He described how the colonists finally decided to introduce the institution of private property:

“[The colonists] began to think how they might raise as much corn as they could, and obtain a better crop than they had done, that they might not still thus languish in misery. [In 1623] after much debate of things, the Gov. (with the advice of the chiefest amongst them) gave way that they should set down every man for his own … and to trust themselves ... so assigned to every family a parcel of land. This had very good success; for it made all hands very industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been by any means the Gov. or any other could use, … and gave far better content. The women now went willingly into the field, and took their little-ones with them to set corn, which before would allege weakness, and inability; whom to have compelled would have been thought great tyranny and oppression.”

Reflecting on the experience of the previous two years, Bradford goes on to describe the folly of communal ownership:

“The experience that was had in this common course and condition, tried sundry years, and that amongst godly and sober men, may well evince the vanity of that conceit of Platos and other ancients, applauded by some of later times; — that the taking away of property, and bringing in community into a common wealth would make them happy and flourishing; as if they were wiser than God. For this community (so far as it was) was found to breed much confusion and discontent, and retard much employment that would have been to their benefit and comfort. For the young-men that were most able and fit for labor and service did repine that they should spend their time and strength to work for other men’s wives and children, without any recompense. The strong, or man of parts, had no more in division of victuals and cloths, than he that was weak and not able to do a quarter the other could; this was thought injustice…”

The Colonists learned about “the wave of the future” the hard way. However, once having discovered the principle of private property, the results were dramatic. Bradford continues:

“By this time harvest was come, and instead of famine, now God gave them plenty, and the face of things was changed, to the rejoicing of the hearts of many, for which they blessed God. And in the effect of their particular [private] planting was well seen, for all had, one way and other, pretty well to bring the year about, and some of the abler sort and more industrious had to spare, and sell to others.”

https://mises.org/library/thanksgiving-c...enterprise

It was also written about on:
http://www.infowars.com/the-real-non-pc-...nksgiving/

Most of the information seems to be taken from a book called 'The Incredible Bread Machine' Does anyone know more about this story? It's a very interesting social experiment if true.

Anyway, even though I've never understood thanksgiving, reading that and being on this forum I feel like saying Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Post: #33

(11-26-2015 03:10 PM)Roosh Wrote:  

@1:30
WTF!? Whiteness is a cause for niceness!? I call that crazy. I've met black people who were really nice. This is coming from a white guy though. Maybe it is because you are middle eastern decent?

Post: #34

Happy Turkey Day everyone.

I'm thankful to have found this community and to have changed my life in so many positive ways.

Post: #35

Happy Turkey Massacre Day, my American friends.

We here in Australia rattle our convict chains in appreciation of your bloodthirsty festival.

Post: #36

You should hit up Fayetteville, Arkansas. Dickson street on thirsty Thursday is poosy paradise. Lots of young feminine college girls ready to be gamed and banged.

Post: #37

Had a turkey dinner at Bakers Square with my girl, banged her in the stairwell of my condo building, she's passed out and now I'm having some delicious wine I bought for $4.99

Hope everyone enjoyed their day!

Post: #38

From north of the border, happy Thanksgiving to my American brothers.

Post: #39

Bump, Happy Thanksgiving RvF!
I'm waiting for rolls to rise, made 2 sweet potato pies last night, then after I finish the rolls I'm off to join friends and family for a nice Thanksgiving meal.

Post: #40

Post: #41

Eat a ton of turkey for me guys.

Post: #42

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Post: #43

Happy Thanksgiving fellas!!

Post: #44

Happy Thanksgiving to the RVF members..

Post: #45

(11-24-2016 01:37 PM)Cr33pin Wrote:  

Anyone know where this window he is in front of is located?

And Happy Thanksgiving.

Aloha!

Post: #46

Happy Thanksgiving to my friends from across the Atlantic.

Post: #47

A happy and blessed Thanksgiving to all! We have much to be thankful for, not the least of which is this wonderful community of men.

Post: #48

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I am thankful to have a well-paying career, a warm place to live and food on my table.

Post: #49

Happy Thanksgiving y'all!

Post: #50

Happy Turkey Day, everybody!