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It seems I didn't get my point across, so here's an explicit statement: The fact that certain human institutions or behaviors face strong opposition in certain
by leto_ii 6y ago
It seems I didn't get my point across, so here's an explicit statement:
The fact that certain human institutions or behaviors face strong opposition in certain contexts doesn't say much about human nature.
w.r.t. your example, this would mean that the failure of communes in the US doesn't say much about the failure/success of communes in other places/times. Nor does it say much about human nature in general.
- WalterBright 6y agoWhy wouldn't a diverse society that allows people to freely join and leave communes, and those communes are not successful, say a lot about human nature?
- leto_ii 6y agoSetting the US aside for a bit, how do you explain the success of the kibbutzim movement [1]? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz
- WalterBright 6y agoSimple. The Israeli government gives them money to make up for their failure to be self-sustaining. Money they tax from the capitalists.