Cycles.

What prompted pilgrims to sail to a new land? Puritanism? No. Money.

"Like tens of millions of newcomers who would follow in their wake to America, the Pilgrims were economic migrants"

What's driving these 21st century pilgrims? Money.

Cycles of win / lose / win / lose.

Will we break this cycle - or embed it further into costly culture wars. What’s your guess?