@12:55 "Foundered by my great great grand-father who was born a slave after the civil war. The Civil war Ended Slavery with The Emancipation Proclamation by Abe Lincoln (a republican)
I don't understand these communities as far as getting into one. They all advertise but they either don't take anyone or they only take women. If you don't expand past a certain circle of people why advertise like it's available to anyone when it's really not.
Maybe the goal is to encourage other people to start their own community, and in the case of this conference, collaborate with other communities elsewhere?
Are you referring to policies at East Wind? Most FEC communities have policies around gender balance, in an attempt to be more egalitarian. There are certainly discriminatory ways those and other policies might be enforced sometimes, but they exist for important reasons. All the FEC communities have membership processes that can be followed in order to join. The special thing about those processes is that, in principle at least, no amount of money is required in order to become a member, only hard work and a willingness to engage in the culture. Out of all the communities, Twin Oaks is probably the most accessible one to visit.
Commune Life if those discriminatory policies were actually fair to everyone i suspect there would be far more successful communes in terms of members than there are. The fact is most will not take a man without adding a woman as well which I understand but that doesn't mean it's right.
@@all4him327 None of the communities in the FEC have a one man one woman policy. There's more nuance than that, and also more openness to queer non binary identities. What communities are you referring to by the word 'most'?
Point A there is only subtlety in their written requirements and yes I guess they are getting more open to queer membership because they are very poor at attracting females of any orientation. I am a single hetro male 58 yrs old and have contacted numerous communities only to be virtually talked out of even seeking any more contact much less a spot in the community and they all bring up gender ratio. I'm not blaming or shaming anybody here just sharing because they make it sound easy to become a part of it when it's really not. I hate the materialist trap of this country but perhaps I've waited too long because age may well be a factor as well.
Meet the Communities 2018 was just released! ua-cam.com/video/hFBSJTD-TlM/v-deo.html
That's a great plan.... This is beautiful
AWESOME
I read it as meet the communism
how would you start , im looking at buying land , but id like to do an eco community ,
Who's organizing the working-class, huh..?
We are!
I would have liked it if I could have heard what was being said. Too much noise and kids running around makeing noise. Oh well just my take on it.
@12:55 "Foundered by my great great grand-father who was born a slave after the civil war. The Civil war Ended Slavery with The Emancipation Proclamation by Abe Lincoln (a republican)
I don't understand these communities as far as getting into one. They all advertise but they either don't take anyone or they only take women. If you don't expand past a certain circle of people why advertise like it's available to anyone when it's really not.
Maybe the goal is to encourage other people to start their own community, and in the case of this conference, collaborate with other communities elsewhere?
Are you referring to policies at East Wind? Most FEC communities have policies around gender balance, in an attempt to be more egalitarian. There are certainly discriminatory ways those and other policies might be enforced sometimes, but they exist for important reasons. All the FEC communities have membership processes that can be followed in order to join. The special thing about those processes is that, in principle at least, no amount of money is required in order to become a member, only hard work and a willingness to engage in the culture. Out of all the communities, Twin Oaks is probably the most accessible one to visit.
Commune Life if those discriminatory policies were actually fair to everyone i suspect there would be far more successful communes in terms of members than there are. The fact is most will not take a man without adding a woman as well which I understand but that doesn't mean it's right.
@@all4him327 None of the communities in the FEC have a one man one woman policy. There's more nuance than that, and also more openness to queer non binary identities. What communities are you referring to by the word 'most'?
Point A there is only subtlety in their written requirements and yes I guess they are getting more open to queer membership because they are very poor at attracting females of any orientation. I am a single hetro male 58 yrs old and have contacted numerous communities only to be virtually talked out of even seeking any more contact much less a spot in the community and they all bring up gender ratio. I'm not blaming or shaming anybody here just sharing because they make it sound easy to become a part of it when it's really not. I hate the materialist trap of this country but perhaps I've waited too long because age may well be a factor as well.
@33:29 is this an SNL Skit? or a Steven Crowder skit. How do you expect anyone to take you seriously.