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The Church of Sinai has operated Saint Catherine's Monastery for nearly 1500 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Catherine%27s_Monastery https://en.wiki
by archgoon 2y ago
The Church of Sinai has operated Saint Catherine's Monastery for nearly 1500 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Catherine%27s_Monastery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Catherine%27s_Monastery
- alephnerd 2y agoSt Catherine's Monastery is not a business
- archgoon 2y agoI mean, if you want to argue it's a Non Profit, not a business, go ahead, but I'm not particularly interested in fitting modern tax code and business rules to an entity that has existed for 1500 years. The organization has existed and has had a need to find funding for it's activities. Since the question was about 'state' run entities, the goal of "making a profit" seemed not particular salient. Honestly, I thought the more contentious part of this claim was going to be if the Church of Sinai constituted a state.
- alephnerd 2y ago> I thought the more contentious part of this claim was going to be if the Church of Sinai constituted a state That is not as contentious, because it's basically autocephalous/self governing. It's always been a couple dozen loners in the Sinai peninsula maintaining self sufficiency, which is why I don't find it a good example - as there are plenty of similarly old and continuous organizations, but never truly scaled.
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- anigbrowl 2y agoOh well, guess there's nothing you can learn from it then