The Roads to the Mayflower Compact and Individualism

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  • @roadswithbeau
    @roadswithbeau  Місяць тому +98

    If you're looking for something else today, here's a crash course on the entire Constitution:
    ua-cam.com/video/-lCR8-zDHxQ/v-deo.html

    • @susanbradleyskov9179
      @susanbradleyskov9179 Місяць тому +5

      This link is absolutely worth the time!

    • @daniellev2901
      @daniellev2901 Місяць тому +5

      Saved and doing this today! 💙Thank You!

    • @JimHolder-pk2kk
      @JimHolder-pk2kk Місяць тому +5

      Wow! what a great video. I had forgotten about the Miss Context channel.

    • @angelikalindenau943
      @angelikalindenau943 Місяць тому +4

      As a European staying where I am I might be excused for not knowing about this part. Thanks, Belle, for filling me in.

    • @islandsedition
      @islandsedition Місяць тому +2

      You're doing good work Belle. Regards to Beau.

  • @GlenaGarrett
    @GlenaGarrett Місяць тому +80

    I remain astonished that here in VA, where we proudly call ourselves a Commonwealth, and the common good is written right into our state constitution, Republican leaders consistently choose not to enact polices that benefit the common good. Years and years of steadfastly refusing to take Medicaid expansion because it's "handouts from the government", for example.

  • @lornenoland8098
    @lornenoland8098 Місяць тому +361

    Wagon trains, up to 200, migrating, one might even call it, a migrant caravan 😱

  • @anna9072
    @anna9072 Місяць тому +67

    The same can be said for the “lone wolf” trope. A lone wolf isn’t alone because it wants to be. A lone wolf is a disadvantaged wolf. It’s vulnerable to larger predators and, because it can’t take down larger prey by itself, has to spend more time hunting smaller animals or scavenge kills by other animals. And any injury could be a death sentence, since he doesn’t have the safety net of the pack to sustain him while he heals. Social networks are incredibly powerful tools for survival.

  • @Cupid-Stunt
    @Cupid-Stunt Місяць тому +121

    Great Britain hopes that the US folk who care about democracy have a good day.

    • @annphillips1086
      @annphillips1086 Місяць тому +3

      Ah, the divine Kenny! 🤩

    • @marywhalen364
      @marywhalen364 Місяць тому +3

      Thank you, we desperately need it! Thank the goddess for this channel!

  • @jeffersongreen3415
    @jeffersongreen3415 Місяць тому +158

    I am a descendant of a Mayflower pilgrim and Mormon pioneers. Thank you for expressing the essential truth that we thrive as communities, not just individuals.

    • @wisecoconut5
      @wisecoconut5 Місяць тому +4

      I am a decendant of William Fuller, and some of my ancestors were with Joseph Smith at Navu. You are probably a cousin 64x removed.😂😂

    • @kaypee65
      @kaypee65 Місяць тому

      I'm a descendent of Quakers who were subject to persecution at the hands of the puritans. Let's link hands now, have each other's backs, and care for each other.

    • @melodyleffler7798
      @melodyleffler7798 Місяць тому

      ​@wisecoconut5 Descendant of Mary Chilton here. Her father James signed the Mayflower Compact.

    • @lspthrattan
      @lspthrattan Місяць тому +1

      Me too; I'm descended from William Brewster (one of many!).

  • @claudehaynes6419
    @claudehaynes6419 Місяць тому +81

    I am thankful for my citizenship and freedom. May we all eat in peace and harmony. We are stronger together. Thanks Belle, Beau and staff.

  • @margaretnicol3423
    @margaretnicol3423 Місяць тому +107

    Rugged individualism = you're on your own, kid!!!

    • @angelikalindenau943
      @angelikalindenau943 Місяць тому +7

      Except, if you're a corrupt money bag, I guess?

    • @rickgilbrt
      @rickgilbrt Місяць тому

      Unless you are, say, Elon Musk, taking government --subsidies-- handouts in the hundreds of millions.

    • @sailordaigurren8225
      @sailordaigurren8225 Місяць тому

      Corrupt money bags don't rely on individualism at all. They benefit from the work of others every day. ​@@angelikalindenau943

  • @norencenelson8111
    @norencenelson8111 Місяць тому +58

    This compact proves that from the outset collaboration was key to survival. Same for The Constitution. Humans aren't equipped by nature to survive alone. From households, to extended families, to clans, to communities the most successful human endeavors have come about through collaboration. Excellent viewpoint, Belle.😀

  • @PeacefulAbiding
    @PeacefulAbiding Місяць тому +93

    Dont forget Hoover Ham (possum) which people had to eat when rugged individualism didnt quite cut it.

    • @grannypeacock
      @grannypeacock Місяць тому

      It seems to me that eating possum is rugged individualism working. It's not getting to eat that means it isn't working. Wanting something better than possum is rejecting the idea of rugged individualism, as we should

    • @SynchroScore
      @SynchroScore 9 днів тому

      And Hoover Flags (the inside of an empty pocket).

  • @briancoker1
    @briancoker1 Місяць тому +54

    Thanks for this video; I think most Americans could benefit from a deeper understanding of the myth of rugged individualism, and I definitely plan to tie “Hooverville” to the phrase from now on in every conversation that brings it up!

    • @markpashia7067
      @markpashia7067 Місяць тому +2

      Might have to upgrade it to "Trump Dump" or something similar. For a guy who does not want to go down in history the way Hoover did, he sure loves Hoover's policies. You know tariffs and no safety net, etc.

    • @eileendunn2130
      @eileendunn2130 Місяць тому +1

      FDJT

  • @judithgayle3219
    @judithgayle3219 Місяць тому +40

    Seven of my forebearers were Mayflower folk, six religious, one secular. Only one of each lived through the first year and married. I so appreciate your demythologizing this topic. We are sadly ignorant of our own history,

    • @1onelyone
      @1onelyone Місяць тому

      If the book banners/burners, history deniers/revisionists, and the alt right get their way, we WILL have a new generation grow up unknowingly ignorant of our history, and therefore easier to manipulate and control.

  • @williamfarley3794
    @williamfarley3794 Місяць тому +81

    We really need to start calling our president "dread sovereign"

    • @WBS001
      @WBS001 Місяць тому +1

      trump has super thin skin. He might just start filtering the internet for anyone who mocks him (laws, including 1A mean nothing to him now), and have them silenced (imagine for yourself how he might try to do it).

    • @susanbradleyskov9179
      @susanbradleyskov9179 Місяць тому +7

      I don’t call nobody dread sovereign, no how! 🤣😂

    • @stylisticdave
      @stylisticdave Місяць тому +6

      Our president elect, yes

    • @annphillips1086
      @annphillips1086 Місяць тому +11

      The dread bit fits though.

    • @jcspoon573
      @jcspoon573 Місяць тому +7

      He'd eat it up.
      And his fan(atics) would just post more WH40k memes of it.

  • @cr8cat794
    @cr8cat794 Місяць тому +40

    You and the team are at the top of your game. Please continue. This topic is what needs to be discussed throughout our society.

    • @zinaj9437
      @zinaj9437 Місяць тому

      The Republican myth about "rugged individualism" (code for abject selfishness) is what led to RePOTUS Trump and feeds the MAGA Movement.
      WWWII wasn't won by rugged individuals. It was won by people caring about something greater than themselves, willing to sacrifice for others, and take a longer view of things. Think back to the COVID response with the Toddler-in-Chief running things.

  • @7screamingdizzbusters
    @7screamingdizzbusters Місяць тому +43

    say hello to Beau for us
    Happy Thanksgiving 😊

  • @ATVatcher
    @ATVatcher Місяць тому +11

    Divide and conquer.
    It is more easy to rule over individuals than communities.

  • @dieweisseRose2025
    @dieweisseRose2025 Місяць тому +21

    I'm not a rugged individualist, and I'm really thankful that I have found Beau, Belle, and company.... along with the many other lovely people... to share this path called life.
    Happy thanksgiving everyone! 😘

  • @taljan57
    @taljan57 Місяць тому +46

    I love history lessons and have missed them. Thank you! Enjoy your holiday and take a break. You've certainly earned it.😊❤

    • @dianadickerson749
      @dianadickerson749 Місяць тому +4

      Also follow professor Heather Cox Richardson , a wonderful, amazing history professor!

    • @taljan57
      @taljan57 Місяць тому +1

      @dianadickerson749 thank you for the information. Much appreciated. 😃

    • @loriallenbaugh35
      @loriallenbaugh35 Місяць тому +2

      I was going to suggest Heather also. Belle and Heather are who I start my day with. Good solid information and good advice from our past. I just wish more people today payed attention to history and learned from it. Thank you Belle! Thank you Heather!

  • @terrykennedy-lares8840
    @terrykennedy-lares8840 Місяць тому +27

    ..."Wagon trains" do you mean we moved west in "Caravans"?

    • @05Matz
      @05Matz Місяць тому

      In a sort of Migration. Literally invading the territories of the people who already lived there.

  • @jonathanedelson6733
    @jonathanedelson6733 Місяць тому +22

    The most powerful force that humans encounter is the collective action of other humans.

  • @JohnMcDermott-t6l
    @JohnMcDermott-t6l Місяць тому +24

    Capitalist individualism is divide and conquer strategy, establishing more centers of consumption. We are creatures evolved to be social. The messes we suffer are from false economic marketing of our lives.
    But we are surrounded with artistic images of individualistic mavericks. Because the divide and conquer strategy is as much about control as greater consumption. We are weaker and more vulnerable the more we segregate and allow the market masters to determine our identities and roles together

  • @Erin-Thor
    @Erin-Thor Місяць тому +119

    I remember learning in a school textbook that the REASON they left Britain for America was “to escape the one religion mandated by the state in order to exercise their faith as each wished.” To me that alone blows the belief that ‘America was founded as a Christian nation’ theme tight out of the water. 💥

    • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 Місяць тому +24

      The Pilgrims were fleeing religious oppression, but once they were left without the support of Jamestown, they needed to establish their own rules. It didn't take long before they became religiously oppressive themselves.
      Fun fact: One of my Clark ancestors was in charge of directions, and got everybody lost. ;-)

    • @SFoureman
      @SFoureman Місяць тому

      Yep. They fled the Catholic Protestant wars.
      Only to land themselves in Salem, Massachusetts as "Puritans"---who set fire and hung every woman and girl-child as "witches"---to cover up their fornication and affairs.
      Not much has changed. "Christian" Nationalists are ready to become the new political religious Reich, self-ordaining themselves to justify cruelty and acts of violence.
      Who do they attack first? Once again, women.

    • @shadowraygun4000
      @shadowraygun4000 Місяць тому +23

      Excellent point! To someone that is not familiar with politics related to Christian groups, the infighting can sound unbelievable. Funny how the same kind of infighting has persisted until now.

    • @AuntieMamies
      @AuntieMamies Місяць тому +36

      They wanted religious freedom for themselves. Not for everyone else

    • @CyphDragon
      @CyphDragon Місяць тому +13

      @@AuntieMamies gee...that sounds familiar...where have I seen something like that in recent times...

  • @comfortablynumb9342
    @comfortablynumb9342 Місяць тому +30

    I didn't hear anything about "rugged individualism" in the old text. Another thing I didn't notice was anything about an official religion even though a bunch of religious people were involved.

  • @SaberToothBicycle
    @SaberToothBicycle Місяць тому +52

    Riding down the Roads With Belle!
    Glad to be sharing the trip with the rest of the Internet People.

  • @donaldmrambojr5695
    @donaldmrambojr5695 Місяць тому +128

    We are thankful for the "Again family" once again, of Beau, Belle, Dana, Dee & Bryon for the keeping us informed & NOT inflamed...
    Happy Thanksgiving 2024 ! 🦃🥧☕

  • @georgepretnick4460
    @georgepretnick4460 Місяць тому +15

    Belle, I'm surprised you didn't mention Roger Williams. He was one of the original Pilgrims, a signatory of the Compact AND the the originator of the Separation of Church and State concept.

  • @Mo_Polis
    @Mo_Polis Місяць тому +23

    Very educational for a European as well. Thank you!
    Also, I can't even make a TikTok that has only one sentence, without making several mistakes. "Hold my beer, said Belle."

    • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 Місяць тому +2

      Good afternoon Mo! I hope you are having a lovely day today!

    • @Mo_Polis
      @Mo_Polis Місяць тому +2

      @@victoriajohnson-parratt6975 Hi, Victoria. Same to you!

  • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
    @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 Місяць тому +38

    Happy trails fellow travelers! Let's learn something new together today!

  • @ebonyblack4563
    @ebonyblack4563 Місяць тому +7

    When the group gains often the individual does too, but when individuals gain it's a toss up if the group does.

  • @bearbryant3495
    @bearbryant3495 Місяць тому +16

    I am a direct descendant of John Browne, the brother of a signatory of the Mayflower Compact, named Peter Browne, through my paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Brown.

  • @OutdoorLonghair
    @OutdoorLonghair Місяць тому +22

    Hooverville...
    AKA...
    homeless encampments?

  • @christopherapel1712
    @christopherapel1712 Місяць тому +10

    Rugged individuals out for their own personal profit , in colonial times ?
    How many noteworthy fur trappers can you name ?
    My memory falters here , but one of the wealthiest lineages of the Gilded age did trace their fortune
    back to a particularly successful fur trader .
    Trader not trapper !
    An entrepreneur who profited by buying pelts for far less than they were worth
    from the rugged individuals who struggled through privations to accumulate them .
    Kind of like present most us work hard to struggle by ,
    While someone else gathers most of the profits .

  • @SaberToothBicycle
    @SaberToothBicycle Місяць тому +21

    Just a slight correction... 'before they left Leiden, in The Netherlands.'
    It's a small point, but important historical context lies there.
    The non-conformity and freedom of thought is what was freaking them out about living in The Netherlands. They felt thier traditions were eroding away.

    • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 Місяць тому +5

      The Pilgrims weren't listed on the Mayflower manifest. The business men were. The Pilgrims were so terrified of the English king that they moved to the Netherlands before sneaking onto the trip to Virginia. Half of them died before any of them stepped foot on land because they were scared and unprepared to leave the ship the first winter. Luckily when Spring came and they went to shore, Squanto was there to teach them how to survive in their new home. He had been sold into slavery and had worked to buy himself free in Europe before purchasing a ticket home. Luckily for the Pilgrims, he had learned to speak English, or they would have shot him dead when he greeted them.

    • @sammonicuslux
      @sammonicuslux Місяць тому +3

      ​@@victoriajohnson-parratt6975 you mean the Puritans?

    • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 Місяць тому +2

      ​​@@sammonicuslux
      Yes. Thank you for the clarification.

  • @tamdsms
    @tamdsms Місяць тому +13

    Thanks Belle, how enlightening! It's my view, "rugged individualism" is just code for "Every man for himself"😪, vs "One for all & all for one", or "It takes a village to raise a child": both more dynamically communal expressions.

    • @markpashia7067
      @markpashia7067 Місяць тому

      They seem to view it as Law of the Jungle. Only the strong survive. And it justifies their bully mentality to themselves. Of course they never apply it to wealthy people who can hire the help to overcome the dangers. IT IS ELITISM AT IT WORST. So much class warfare these days. They want the Gilded Age back at minimum. If they can get back to a fully feudal system all the better.

  • @earlofsmeg
    @earlofsmeg Місяць тому +22

    I know it by heart. My Mom made me learn it. She descends most of the signers.

    • @comfortablynumb9342
      @comfortablynumb9342 Місяць тому +5

      I'm pretty sure I had ancestors in the group too.

    • @marilynjackson2693
      @marilynjackson2693 Місяць тому +2

      @earlofsmeg Good on your mom.

    • @susanbradleyskov9179
      @susanbradleyskov9179 Місяць тому +2

      I’m still trying to figure out how my grandmother could be both a Daughter of the Mayflower and a Daughter of the American Revolution, when she was of Irish and German descent?

    • @falleithani5411
      @falleithani5411 Місяць тому +3

      @@susanbradleyskov9179 People exaggerate, but also cultures intermarry. Was she _pure_ Irish and German, in a 50/50 mix, or was she just 'more Irish and German than anything else'? My two largest cultural ancestries are 25% Irish and 12.5% Czech, while the other 67.5% was a mess of little bits and pieces from over a dozen places. Am very mutt.

    • @earlofsmeg
      @earlofsmeg Місяць тому +2

      @@susanbradleyskov9179 there were Irish and Germans fighting in that war. Though in smaller numbers.

  • @donaldmrambojr5695
    @donaldmrambojr5695 Місяць тому +18

    😊
    Happy travels, fellow "Roads scholars"!😉

    • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 Місяць тому +2

      I'm thankful to be sharing this Road with you today good Donald!

    • @shawnr771
      @shawnr771 Місяць тому +2

      Good morning Donald.

    • @donaldmrambojr5695
      @donaldmrambojr5695 Місяць тому +3

      @@shawnr771 Good morning, Shawn. Happy Thanksgiving 2024 ! 🦃🦃🦃

    • @shawnr771
      @shawnr771 Місяць тому +2

      @donaldmrambojr5695 and to you my friend.

    • @Erin-Thor
      @Erin-Thor Місяць тому +3

      Good morning Donald!

  • @TheSuzberry
    @TheSuzberry Місяць тому +14

    I’m thankful for the ‘Again family’.

  • @scottsammons7747
    @scottsammons7747 Місяць тому +13

    As a Jack of All Trades and Hillbilly, I have better skills to stand alone than most. It is funny that I rely on social networking and being not just willing to help others, but I am motivated by being there for my neighbors. So many of these self made men and individualists can't do much work to help themselves much less others.

  • @iiz67
    @iiz67 Місяць тому +16

    Howdy folks

    • @shawnr771
      @shawnr771 Місяць тому +1

      Howdy.

    • @Erin-Thor
      @Erin-Thor Місяць тому +1

      👋🏽 Cool, I’m a folk! 😎

    • @shawnr771
      @shawnr771 Місяць тому

      @Erin-Thor Good morning.
      Happy Turkey day.

  • @zinaj9437
    @zinaj9437 Місяць тому +5

    A "rugged individual" who didn't follow the wagonmaster's orders was warned, then summarily kicked off the wagon train, left at a watering hole, if they were lucky, in case another wagon train wanted to let them join their train...if they survived that long. It was basically a death sentence.

  • @bounce-house
    @bounce-house Місяць тому +12

    Belle, rest your voice and enjoy your holiday❣️

  • @KareSeriouslyKaren
    @KareSeriouslyKaren Місяць тому +11

    The spouse's great, great, great, etc. was an indentured servant who was forced, by legal means, to come over on the Mayflower and finish his servitude in a land he didn't know and didn't ask to live in.

  • @donaldwert7137
    @donaldwert7137 Місяць тому +8

    Hope you aren't catching a cold, Belle. Take care of yourself. Same for Dana and Dee.

    • @ariaflame-au
      @ariaflame-au Місяць тому +3

      Definitely sounding a little hoarse there. Hope she takes a break. Honey & lemon and all that jazz

    • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 Місяць тому

      Belle deserves a peaceful holiday with her family. I'm thankful that she shared some of her today with us!

  • @daiakunin
    @daiakunin Місяць тому +1

    Thanks for shattering myths Belle! Happy thanksgiving everyone!

  • @Ron_Lockwood
    @Ron_Lockwood Місяць тому +4

    Thank you, Belle.😎🇺🇸

  • @dizehjvegnomis
    @dizehjvegnomis Місяць тому +6

    good morning, happy trails internet people! hope y'all have a fun and ruinous day 🤭

  • @katelangworthy8698
    @katelangworthy8698 Місяць тому +5

    I hope everyone has a wonderful day full of love and gratitude no matter where they are or what they choose to do today❤. Our call to action now is to build the beloved community where all are heard, and all belong. Tall task for sure, especially in these days! I'm glad we're all here, getting inspiration from Belle, Beau, and each other so we can keep on getting on.

  • @TC-cr2oy
    @TC-cr2oy Місяць тому +3

    My ancestors are part of the "strangers" group. Then one of them was the first to be hung for murder. I personally always thought They were treated unfairly from the beginning and the murder was inevitable.

  • @milot2311
    @milot2311 Місяць тому +5

    Thank you Belle and Team for the clarification -- beyond⚠ the myth and distortion.

  • @shirleycrane9013
    @shirleycrane9013 Місяць тому +11

    Happy Turkey Day!

  • @jakeaurod
    @jakeaurod Місяць тому +6

    I don't think I've ever heard of the Mayflower Compact being used as an argument for rugged individualism.

    • @VeretenoVids
      @VeretenoVids Місяць тому

      That's the point--it wasn't. That particular American myth came much later and has morphed into something used to beat people down with. You know, the whole "Just pull yourself up by your bootstraps and work!" thing.

  • @LukeMingst
    @LukeMingst Місяць тому +3

    Rugged individualists tended to be loaners called Mountain Men, who were aberrations at the time.

    • @markpashia7067
      @markpashia7067 Місяць тому

      The "rugged individuals" were the misfits and criminals of their day. It is just that a lot of authors decided it made a better story to mythologize them. When you look into the stories of the Mountain Men of the Rockies you often find the truth much less glamorous. Imagine a mountain man who wore glasses and was all the way out there and broke them. Depending on how bad it was, it could make him easy prey for a bear. Might not help seeing that Timber Rattler at his feet. And so much more to lose. A broken bone could and likely was fatal.

  • @Erinski
    @Erinski Місяць тому +4

    MAGA Hobo sez: "In my day, people knew how to build a shack from a few pallets and tin scraps. They were called 'Hoovervilles', and we loved it, and we were thankful! These kids today with their fancy store-bought tents...'Tent cities', they call them. Bah. This county's gone down the drain!"

  • @ubuibmel
    @ubuibmel Місяць тому +4

    Happy Thanksgiving to Belle, Beau, the BTFC fam, and all the Internet People. I’m so grateful for this community!!!

  • @jeanine1410
    @jeanine1410 Місяць тому +9

    Thank you Belle and Team, loved this.

  • @rosshargett8019
    @rosshargett8019 Місяць тому +3

    It's always a good day when you can take a trip down the roads with Belle! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! 👋✌️💙

  • @kathyyoung3484
    @kathyyoung3484 Місяць тому +11

    Bravo!

  • @margaretnicol3423
    @margaretnicol3423 Місяць тому +7

    English people who disagreed with the Church of England so left so they could have religious freedom. Why does that sound familiar? 😀

  • @petercollin5670
    @petercollin5670 Місяць тому +5

    Sarah Vowell has an excellent book on this topic, The Wordy Shipmates. In case anyone cares to give it a read.

  • @RiiDii
    @RiiDii Місяць тому +30

    Belle, Beau, all those celebrating (or not), and all the ships at sea, Happy Thanksgiving!!

    • @ShawnHartmann-ul2qk
      @ShawnHartmann-ul2qk Місяць тому +5

      I’m celebrating with whiskey.
      That counts.
      Whiskey is a vegetable, just like domesticated turkeys.

    • @susanbradleyskov9179
      @susanbradleyskov9179 Місяць тому +2

      @@ShawnHartmann-ul2qk Now why didn’t I think of that?! The whiskey, not the turkey or the vegetables, just to be clear.

  • @patimccurdy7194
    @patimccurdy7194 Місяць тому +2

    Thankful

  • @enricogattone432
    @enricogattone432 Місяць тому +10

    Howdy Peeps 😊

    • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 Місяць тому +2

      Good afternoon Enrico! I assume you are going to eat completely different, but equally delicious foods in Italy today.

    • @enricogattone432
      @enricogattone432 Місяць тому +1

      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 well, not so much today as I'm on the road, but will try to get something better tonight for dinner 😄

    • @Erin-Thor
      @Erin-Thor Місяць тому +1

      👋🏽🤠

  • @OutdoorLonghair
    @OutdoorLonghair Місяць тому +7

    👋 mornin' all
    Happy turkey day!

  • @sal8354
    @sal8354 Місяць тому +4

    Thanks for sharing this valuable information. Wagon trains used to form a circle. For protection, to stand together.

  • @JohnMcDermott-t6l
    @JohnMcDermott-t6l Місяць тому +2

    Good morning Happy Thanksgiving, I am certainly thankful for Beau and Belle, Dana, Dee and the team.
    I am thankful for anyone preparing to weather the next four years and help each other out. But, also for those that demonstrate how dysfunctional this economic system has always been. We are one human race, when we act as one, we will transform the suffering to successful living together, with each other as partners, cooperating for social health, instead of individual wealth.
    HAPPY THANKSGIVING ❤

  • @lspthrattan
    @lspthrattan Місяць тому

    As a descendant of William Brewster, I thank you for the information and perspective you provide, today and every day.

  • @curtismmichaels
    @curtismmichaels Місяць тому +3

    I've never met a rugged individualist that I didn't want to leave alone.

  • @stacig6652
    @stacig6652 Місяць тому +1

    Best Thanksgiving lesson ever. Happy Thanksgiving Belle and Beau! Enjoy a well deserved day of togetherness. I am thankful for you and this channel.

  • @elizabethmcglothlin5406
    @elizabethmcglothlin5406 Місяць тому +7

    Thanks

  • @Allastrology
    @Allastrology Місяць тому +2

    Individualism is key and so is the group. Thank you Belle!! Happy Thanksgiving to you, yours and the entire BOTFC team. Iam very grateful for your channel!

  • @jenniferhooks2454
    @jenniferhooks2454 Місяць тому

    Thank you, Belle, for your discussion of the Mayflower Compact and rugged individualism. So many people know nothing of this history. It’s very easy for consulting marketing Republican candidates to perpetuate lies about rugged individualism as part of the culture wars they continually pursue. Most people don’t know any better, nor do they try to learn or do better.

  • @mrmr446
    @mrmr446 Місяць тому

    Love the reminder in the intro that at the time Britain still hadn't accepted defeat in the Hundred Years War and still claimed France.

  • @kingcormack8004
    @kingcormack8004 Місяць тому

    The arrogance of individualism is what's gonna sink this country (if it hasn't already).

  • @SuperBurnis
    @SuperBurnis Місяць тому +2

    POWERFUL ❤

  • @CrystalAbrahams
    @CrystalAbrahams Місяць тому +2

    Happy 🦃 Turkey Day to all my friends in the U.S. of A! 🇺🇸 I hope lots of you visit this weekend. Our dollar is only worth around 71 cents right now compared to yours, so come on by and do all your 🎄 Christmas shopping. 🇨🇦

  • @rrrosecarbinela
    @rrrosecarbinela Місяць тому +2

    Thanks, Belle. Many blessings to you and the whole team.

  • @isiseungella4688
    @isiseungella4688 Місяць тому

    Thank you Beau for your channel. Hope you are gently feeling better. From Australia, grateful for my many American friends, wishing you all the safest possible road ahead for the next 4 years.

  • @shawnr771
    @shawnr771 Місяць тому +4

    Thank you for the commentary, Belle.

  • @MBMCincy63
    @MBMCincy63 Місяць тому +1

    Happy Roads Belle and internet folks! 👋🏻🦃💓

  • @michellewarmath7811
    @michellewarmath7811 Місяць тому

    Thank you for this refresher course, Belle and team; it's been many years since I've looked at the Compact. And thank you for pointing out that "individualism" was just not a thing back then; people depended on each other, as they still do. I hope you and Beau and everyone are having a tasty day.

  • @markrenfrow9873
    @markrenfrow9873 Місяць тому +2

    Good morning Ms. Belle and internet folks. Happy Thanksgiving.

  • @jparker5050
    @jparker5050 Місяць тому

    My 10th great grandfather Richard Warren signed the Mayflower Compact, with him was John Cooke, my 1st cousin 11x removed. I appreciate that they persevered as without them I would not be here today, but they were just men, infallible like the rest of us.

  • @carolbulmer8253
    @carolbulmer8253 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you, Belle. Happy Thanksgiving to you, Beau, and your family🦃🥧❤️❤️

  • @Chode571Ops
    @Chode571Ops Місяць тому +3

    Even Bass Reeves had a compadre!

  • @cynthb
    @cynthb Місяць тому

    As a child I loved the Little House on the Prairie series. Your talk here brought me back to those stories, and made me realize how much that series idealizes the same "rugged individualist" where the father kept moving "his" family further west where there were fewer European settlements. Myth then, myth now.

  • @stormyrosebutterflys4662
    @stormyrosebutterflys4662 Місяць тому +2

    Happy Thanksgiving Day
    To Beau ,Bell and family.

  • @nightfall3605
    @nightfall3605 Місяць тому

    There exists a television show “Wagon Train” (1957-65) that demonstrates these stories. Everyone had a place and skills for the purpose of mutual survival.

  • @Jszar
    @Jszar Місяць тому +2

    Humans are a social species. We can’t survive without one another.

  • @terrynewberg5732
    @terrynewberg5732 Місяць тому

    That was a good riff - about time the myth of rugged individualism was addressed. Thanks, Belle!

  • @dianeteeter6650
    @dianeteeter6650 Місяць тому

    I'm glad I listen to this channel. Its encouraging so many others do as well.

  • @maggiedaniels9562
    @maggiedaniels9562 Місяць тому +1

    Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family; I am thankful for all of your hard work and useful information.

  • @davidellis4084
    @davidellis4084 Місяць тому

    I would love to see how many of these GOP leaders qualify as "rugged individualists" with no help from a rich Daddy, the government, or anyone except themselves.
    My parents. the State of Indiana, sand the federal government helped me immensely, and I know it. So did many teachers and coworkers along the way. I did much of the work myself, but I could never have made it without them.

  • @p.strobus7569
    @p.strobus7569 Місяць тому

    Convoy PQ17 scattered and had the highest loss rate of the Arctic convoys. The 1st Marines at Chosin left no one behind even using transport to bring out their dead and fought free. Or as Franklin put it “Gentlemen, we must all hang together or we will surely all hang separately.”

  • @MatthewCole-tn7oo
    @MatthewCole-tn7oo Місяць тому +1

    Happy Thanksgiving to all !

  • @InfiniteLynn
    @InfiniteLynn Місяць тому

    I'm 66 and never heard of Hoovervilles before today. I hope it never comes to us having "Trumpvilles" in the near future.

  • @sunshine3914
    @sunshine3914 Місяць тому +3

    Just call me “Stranger”.

  • @cindyh3069
    @cindyh3069 Місяць тому +1

    thanks for the history

  • @KathyMcNamara-w9w
    @KathyMcNamara-w9w Місяць тому +2

    thank you Belle

  • @Drivr555
    @Drivr555 Місяць тому +3

    Are you telling me that the Marlboro Cowboy wasn't real???

  • @michel3691
    @michel3691 Місяць тому +1

    I'm happy you are doing so well.