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I see this sentiment expressed a lot and I think it's understandable, having a community of people that support each other is appealing. But I'm not sure it's p
by dmm 3y ago
I see this sentiment expressed a lot and I think it's understandable, having a community of people that support each other is appealing. But I'm not sure it's possible.
I'm not an expert in collective communities but it seems like they all have strictly defined norms and various mechanism to enforce them.
For example, imagine that you, and I, and a few friends decide to start an intentional community together and shortly afterwards I decide that instead of working I will sit in my basement and argue with people on the internet all day. Are you going to support me in this? Or will you pressure me to get a job or kick me out?
Or what if I decide to spend my resources/money/etc on beer and then beg other members for money when I get hungry? Are you going to put up with that?
My impression is that any working community will have the equivalent of religion to make it work.
There's a long history of attempts to create these kinds of communities if you're interested:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community