I read that a lot of hippy communes failed because of the 'biggest sucker' principle. As you said, it takes a lot of work to keep a community going. Whoever works the hardest has to witness people who aren't working as hard who enjoy the same rewards, or enjoy more rewards (partying, sex, sleeping, etc.) while they are working significantly harder. So the hardest worker is the biggest sucker. If you don't motivate everyone to do their fair part, or eject those who refuse to participate fairly, it becomes a race to the bottom and the whole thing eventually collapses. DEI, CRT, affirmative action, etc. have NO PLACE in a viable community. I would never participate in a community where I thought even one person was getting preferential treatment. And then there's the problem of valuing work. Far more people can do agriultural work than computer programming or electronics or electrical or mechanics. Do you consider an hour spent doing any task equal to an hour spent doing any otehr task? What if a task requires overtime? This brings up what Jordan Peterson mentioned, in a meritocracy there are always increasing differences in income. Do you adopt a socialist or communist model or do you have unequal compensation? I will be interested in seeing how your community handles things.
I read that a lot of hippy communes failed because of the 'biggest sucker' principle. As you said, it takes a lot of work to keep a community going. Whoever works the hardest has to witness people who aren't working as hard who enjoy the same rewards, or enjoy more rewards (partying, sex, sleeping, etc.) while they are working significantly harder. So the hardest worker is the biggest sucker. If you don't motivate everyone to do their fair part, or eject those who refuse to participate fairly, it becomes a race to the bottom and the whole thing eventually collapses. DEI, CRT, affirmative action, etc. have NO PLACE in a viable community. I would never participate in a community where I thought even one person was getting preferential treatment. And then there's the problem of valuing work. Far more people can do agriultural work than computer programming or electronics or electrical or mechanics. Do you consider an hour spent doing any task equal to an hour spent doing any otehr task? What if a task requires overtime? This brings up what Jordan Peterson mentioned, in a meritocracy there are always increasing differences in income. Do you adopt a socialist or communist model or do you have unequal compensation? I will be interested in seeing how your community handles things.