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Hippie commune thrives on capitalism
Raleigh News & Observer (via AP) ^
| 09/14/03
| Russ Oates
Posted on 09/15/2003 8:12:35 AM PDT by Phantom Lord
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To: The_Reader_David
"Self-supporting monasteries, the Oneida and Amana communities being the notable examples of successful small-scale communism.)" You left off the earliest such American group---the Shakers.
To: cajungirl
"No matter how hard we tried to be communists, we ended up capitalists...light up another one"
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posted on
09/15/2003 9:15:42 AM PDT
by
showme_the_Glory
(No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody got a peanut.....)
To: Phantom Lord
make "every adult responsible for bringing in some cash." ... all residents must work.
What a concept. I wonder ... if it might work ... on a national level? * hums "Age Of Aquarius *
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posted on
09/15/2003 9:33:46 AM PDT
by
pogo101
To: Phantom Lord
If you examine their website, these hippies have a plan for spreading their "philosophy". For a hundred and a half, you can go spend the weekend with them.
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posted on
09/15/2003 9:38:38 AM PDT
by
Dryman
To: Phantom Lord
"It's always been difficult to pin down what we're about and what we believe in." That's because they're not about anything and they don't have any beliefs.
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posted on
09/15/2003 10:05:35 AM PDT
by
Grim
To: NotQuiteCricket
where would i check it out????amazon.com? or a search engine like dogpile.com????
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posted on
09/15/2003 12:25:03 PM PDT
by
fishbabe
To: fishbabe
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posted on
09/15/2003 2:23:10 PM PDT
by
NotQuiteCricket
(~this tagline edited for your pleasure)
To: NotQuiteCricket
thanks for your help..i just bought it off amazon.com. any other suggestions for reading material along these lines??????
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posted on
09/15/2003 4:53:05 PM PDT
by
fishbabe
To: Dr. Frank
There is a long history in the US of successful communes, though most of them were religious based. One that turned extremely profitable was Oneida. They became the Oneida Silverware Company. Not bad for some freaks in the woods, but they did go into the commune with the notion ahead of time that everyone was going to work 24/6. &, of course, was the Lord's day.
Jamestown was founded as commune, with everyone entitled to an equal share of the production no matter what they did. Of course, it was a horrific failure until everyone was assigned an equal sized plot of ground and told that 'come next year, you pay six bushels of wheat or you get corporal punishment.'
That made Jamestown a great success of practially overnight.
To: Phantom Lord
"It's always been difficult to pin down what we're about and what we believe in." But they are sure that the rest of us are wrong.
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posted on
09/15/2003 6:53:01 PM PDT
by
TopQuark
To: and the horse you rode in on
That’s ridiculous. I lived there for a bit and sure they turned culture on it’s head a little, but it’s not anything like a cult. It’s just a bunch of old hippies living on a communal plot of land.
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