“I can imagine a city built around communal farming in which all the food is essentially free.”
He lost me there too. Yep, that food just jumps out of the ground onto the table. He is obviously clueless about agriculture (and plenty more).
I thought hippies have been trying to do this in their communes since the 60’s. Seems they always end up either leaving broke or starting some sort of business dependent on capitalism. Al Gore is a perfect example of bailing out of the utopian commune or city model. He used to spend a fair amount of time at ‘The Farm’ in Tennessee hanging out smoking dope with Stephen Gaskin and the others before he got into politics.
I’d like to know what they intend to do with all the takers in society.
I hope they aren’t expecting them to work in the communal farms.
“I thought hippies have been trying to do this in their communes since the 60’s. Seems they always end up either leaving broke or starting some sort of business dependent on capitalism.”
An acquaintance started a commune in the 60’s. He came from money and financed it. He had many followers on the commune until he stopped funding it.