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lol, I'm so narrow-minded. When I think of commune, all I can think of is the murderous Charles Manson & Co., and lately, pedophile Warren Jeffs. Silly me.
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Ya' left out Jonestown, Waco, Berkeley and San Franfreako!lol, I'm so narrow-minded. When I think of commune, all I can think of is the murderous Charles Manson & Co., and lately, pedophile Warren Jeffs. Silly me.
This might shock some of you, given my Libertarian tendencies, but I recently enjoyed the opportunity of living on an old commune in rural California.
And I enjoyed it! Granted, it was an up-scale commune with most of the residents doing business outside of the commune, but the warm community atmosphere was something I found seriously lacking both in our urban centers and suburban sprawl. An excellent environment to raise a family, where you needn't fear letting the kids out at night.
Being the Libertarian I am, there's a business opportunity in creating commercial neighborhoods that mimic the best parts of commune living. Principally, there needs to be the recognition of private property that enables economic growth while also requiring property-owners to contribute and maintain community-owned property. Give everyone a commercial incentive to maintain the grounds, so to speak. I do think some commercial enterprises have built such communities, but not in the Midwest where I live.
Any of you have any experience living on a commune or a housing co-op? What are your experiences?
This might shock some of you, given my Libertarian tendencies, but I recently enjoyed the opportunity of living on an old commune in rural California.
And I enjoyed it! Granted, it was an up-scale commune with most of the residents doing business outside of the commune, but the warm community atmosphere was something I found seriously lacking both in our urban centers and suburban sprawl. An excellent environment to raise a family, where you needn't fear letting the kids out at night.
Being the Libertarian I am, there's a business opportunity in creating commercial neighborhoods that mimic the best parts of commune living. Principally, there needs to be the recognition of private property that enables economic growth while also requiring property-owners to contribute and maintain community-owned property. Give everyone a commercial incentive to maintain the grounds, so to speak. I do think some commercial enterprises have built such communities, but not in the Midwest where I live.
Any of you have any experience living on a commune or a housing co-op? What are your experiences?
Few truly democratic utopian communes last very long.
I do think that a modifed communal lifestyle is possible.
A modified commmune would include both private property and public benefits, too.
The players would have to buy into that community at the onset to insure that they had a vested interest in the experiement.
If they did things like shared purchasing of food and energy and had shared community resources (like snowploughing, tools, etc, entertainment etc) they might forge a better overall quality of life than they could have as invididuals.
Its a lot of work leeping community going, though, from generation to generation.
I'd be tempted to create such a commune if my land was in a place where such a commune would legal.
I was visiting my family who have lived there for 25 years and loves it. They're highly-educated professionals, so we're not talking stinky drug-addled hippies.Could you spend the rest of your life in this commune? Why did you just pop in for a visit? Why don't you go back, live there for 10 years, and get back to us?
Homes on this commune sell for $500k-$1million.
This might shock some of you, given my Libertarian tendencies, but I recently enjoyed the opportunity of living on an old commune in rural California.
And I enjoyed it! Granted, it was an up-scale commune with most of the residents doing business outside of the commune, but the warm community atmosphere was something I found seriously lacking both in our urban centers and suburban sprawl. An excellent environment to raise a family, where you needn't fear letting the kids out at night.
Being the Libertarian I am, there's a business opportunity in creating commercial neighborhoods that mimic the best parts of commune living. Principally, there needs to be the recognition of private property that enables economic growth while also requiring property-owners to contribute and maintain community-owned property. Give everyone a commercial incentive to maintain the grounds, so to speak. I do think some commercial enterprises have built such communities, but not in the Midwest where I live.
Any of you have any experience living on a commune or a housing co-op? What are your experiences?
Few truly democratic utopian communes last very long.
I do think that a modifed communal lifestyle is possible.
A modified commmune would include both private property and public benefits, too.
The players would have to buy into that community at the onset to insure that they had a vested interest in the experiement.
If they did things like shared purchasing of food and energy and had shared community resources (like snowploughing, tools, etc, entertainment etc) they might forge a better overall quality of life than they could have as invididuals.
Its a lot of work leeping community going, though, from generation to generation.
I'd be tempted to create such a commune if my land was in a place where such a commune would legal.
That would never last..
The problem isn't with the idea - its with human nature.
Our neighborhood in Malibu is a gated community of 18 homes.........Mostly inhabited by liberal Hollywood types. A couple o' actors, directors, exec's etc.......We also have 4 Pro athletes, a retired NBA coach, and a couple o' conservative business types, and then my family........Needless to say, our yearly block party gets quite interesting. It's so easy to get these elitist lib types frothing at the mouth.......Attack one of their beloved lame issues and it's game on.......They whine like hell, and the hissy fits are friggin' comical.I was visiting my family who have lived there for 25 years and loves it. They're highly-educated professionals, so we're not talking stinky drug-addled hippies.Could you spend the rest of your life in this commune? Why did you just pop in for a visit? Why don't you go back, live there for 10 years, and get back to us?
Homes on this commune sell for $500k-$1million.
I'm related to a bunch of "progressive" professionals who are allegedly intelligent individuals but they haven't changed a bit since 1968. Sure they may wear suits, have prestigious jobs and appear (and are I suppose) very educated. However I can tell you if you press the right buttons these clowns revert right back to the dirty communist hippies they always were - they just know how to cloak their bullshit.
Hell, I've seen my 60-yea-old uncle who is also a professor throw a fit like a grounded 10-year-old over political issues.
Our neighborhood in Malibu is a gated community of 18 homes.........Mostly inhabited by liberal Hollywood types. A couple o' actors, directors, exec's etc.......We also have 4 Pro athletes, a retired NBA coach, and a couple o' conservative business types, and then my family........Needless to say, our yearly block party gets quite interesting. It's so easy to get these elitist lib types frothing at the mouth.......Attack one of their beloved lame issues and it's game on.......They whine like hell, and the hissy fits are friggin' comical.I was visiting my family who have lived there for 25 years and loves it. They're highly-educated professionals, so we're not talking stinky drug-addled hippies.
Homes on this commune sell for $500k-$1million.
I'm related to a bunch of "progressive" professionals who are allegedly intelligent individuals but they haven't changed a bit since 1968. Sure they may wear suits, have prestigious jobs and appear (and are I suppose) very educated. However I can tell you if you press the right buttons these clowns revert right back to the dirty communist hippies they always were - they just know how to cloak their bullshit.
Hell, I've seen my 60-yea-old uncle who is also a professor throw a fit like a grounded 10-year-old over political issues.
What they come away looking like in the end, is that they really aren't very smart people. They cannot argue a point beyond obvious spoonfed talking points you hear put out by any lib celebrity on Bill Maher's show.