tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post737707720897911420..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: What The PIlgrims Can Teach Us TodayDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-89486688213020038872014-11-28T23:14:30.844-08:002014-11-28T23:14:30.844-08:00Peggy U- I agree, but I'll go one further. A ...Peggy U- I agree, but I'll go one further. A communal system will work as long as everyone invested in it agrees with the concept. That's easiest in a family,but I have a friend who with his wife joined a communal housing development. They had their own entirely separate but smallish living space, and shared with … maybe 10 other couples … a central area and garden; they took turns a couple of nights making dinner for everyone in the central area and performing chores like tending the grounds. Not only did they love it, but they wound up having a prime location in midtown Sacramento for a fraction of the price that they would have paid on their own. BUT … everyone there bought in to the concept, and you had to interview to get one of the slots, if one opened up. Left to it's own … it would never work on any large scale.maxutilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294262473781967372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-33381134382654915642014-11-28T14:50:31.866-08:002014-11-28T14:50:31.866-08:00PeggyU
Your comment makes me recall the wisdom of...PeggyU<br /><br />Your comment makes me recall the wisdom of Margaret Thatcher, "There are no communities, there are individuals and their are families" About right.<br />Mike Thiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929567856363413549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-91587560712864410772014-11-28T14:10:31.354-08:002014-11-28T14:10:31.354-08:00Max - A communal system can work well at the famil...Max - A communal system can work well at the family level. Anything beyond that seems to break down easily.<br /><br />My mom's side of the family is extended but have close ties. My mom and sisters-in-law share a large garden, raise chickens, and team up to take on chores like house painting. This is similar to the arrangement my grandparents and aunts and uncles had. I sometimes wish we lived close enough to join in!PeggyUnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-2161329316953895622014-11-28T12:56:50.725-08:002014-11-28T12:56:50.725-08:00Socialism is the iron pyrite of political beliefs....Socialism is the iron pyrite of political beliefs.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-57634679622436723462014-11-28T06:27:48.644-08:002014-11-28T06:27:48.644-08:00Obviously then socialism has some quality which ma...Obviously then socialism has some quality which makes it intrinsically attractive otherwise it would long since have died out.allen (in Michigan)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-29413593490701909332014-11-28T00:08:57.818-08:002014-11-28T00:08:57.818-08:00This is both well documented and correct. the onl...This is both well documented and correct. the only way the communal approach works is if every single person believes in it … which won't happen, and even if it does will degenerate. What is more interesting to me, though, are industries where it's difficult to assign rights. For example, how do you own the air? Or the value of an educated populous? you don't. That's among the reasons why government is sometimes needed to enforce property rights which can't naturally exist. always inefficient, yet better than the alternative ...maxutilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294262473781967372noreply@blogger.com