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Christiania and countless other communes around the world do quite well, whether you choose to believe it or not. It is not up to you to define the end-all be-a

• WalterBright 7y ago
  > Clay observed that 20 percent of the membership turned over annually.[23] I looked at your Twin Oaks example. They weed out slackers and drunks before they can join. Turnover is 20% per year. Evidently people like the concept of a commune much more than the reality. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Oaks_Community,_Virginia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Oaks_Community,_Virginia https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2015/09/us/communes-american-story/ https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2015/09/us/communes-american... At least it's a better example than your Christiana one (living on stolen land and illegal trade). It also validates my point that if you want to live in a commune in America, you are free to start one. They are not illegal. Nobody is going to try and stop you. There's no need for you to agitate for them - just do it. If it's really a better and workable way of living, they'd be commonplace. > It is not up to you to define the end-all be-all definition of a commune I didn't define a commune. I set out quite reasonable criteria that would characterize a successful commune.