Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:45:15 -0500 (CDT)
From: DK Sanders-Weatherford <dksander-AT-uark.edu>
Subject: Re: New book on anti-capitalism


On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, M.A. Johnson wrote:
...
> failure of the Jamestown settlement in 1607 (and
> the accompanying starvation of its inhabitants) was
> largely due to an absence of private property
> rights. They had no incentive to farm, as what they
> harvested they could not keep, so they chose not
> to produce at all. In 1611, when a "high marshal"
...

that's pretty funny!  but i really wasn't getting the humor of the rest of
the piece.  you should punch it up a little.  of course, i didn't read the
whole thing; maybe i just missed the punchline.

dk