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John Winthrop's Tenets Of Social Democracy

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“GOD ALMIGHTY in His most holy and wise providence, hath so disposed of the condition of mankind, as in all times some must be rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignity; others mean and in submission.” was John Winthrop preamble to his sermon on the Arebella. Winthrop’s address to the Puritan who made up the Massachusetts Bay Colony for the purposes of pulling together individuals to worker together to form one community. Winthrop establishes a hierarchal economic and social class based on the providence of God in his preamble to A Model of Christian Charity. Furthermore, Winthrop gives three reasons for the social hierarchy. Winthrop’s address expresses many of the same tenets of social democracy 200 years before the rise of 19-century socialism in Europe. Social democracy arrives in the United States on the Arebella in 1630.
The birth of socialism can be traced to the industrial revolution in 19th century Europe. Europe like many nations of the early 19 century was transiting from an agrarian society to an industrial economy thus the growth of factories brought about job and movement from the countryside and into the cities. Urbanization brought …show more content…

It is clearly obvious that Winthrop is criticizing the evil of pure capitalism of unadulterated power, the same injustice that he adjudicated as a lawyer in England. His previous life as a landowner who made a fortune on the backs of those who worked his land, along with being a member of the house of parliament , and a lawyer would have given him insight into the greed and corruption of man. This look at the black souls of man would have admittedly led him to prevent such action as all socialist by redistributing income. Unlike socialist Winthrop has the power of God on his side and the commandment to give freely to the

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