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The Hutterites have been living communally for about 400 years (I think), and have evolved an ideal size for a "colony" of about 90 people. At about 110 they s
by forkandwait 13y ago
The Hutterites have been living communally for about 400 years (I think), and have evolved an ideal size for a "colony" of about 90 people. At about 110 they start getting ready to "hive off". Colonies have been very successful, often pissing off the less organized (and less successful) locals.
http://www.hutterites.org/day-to-day/structure/ http://www.hutterites.org/day-to-day/structure/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutterite http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutterite
While similar in ways to Amish, Hutterites rather like new technology and put it to good use on their farms.
- pron 13y agoAnother interesting read is the rise and fall of the Kibbutz, possibly the most famous form of a commune. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz