[mnehring]

The labor zionist party hasn't had power in decades and Matzpen has always been a extreme minority. Kibbutz is a freely chosen community similar to Catholic monastics- it is not a government required through undue collectivism. These are private communities.

There is a key difference between private groups who freely choose to live in such communal situations and public policy requiring everyone to be as such.

[ScreamingFist]

“There is a key difference between private groups who freely choose to live in such communal situations and public policy requiring everyone to be as such.”

I lived in Israel my friend. When they leave the commie farms, they still expect the state to take care of them......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz