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reply posted on 26-7-2010 @ 08:38 PM by g146541
reply to post by EinsteinLight


I think Democracy would be best with a commune feel to it.
All would work for the common good of the village, and no one person would have overall say on the group.


reply posted on 26-7-2010 @ 11:22 PM by g146541
reply to post by EinsteinLight


People in a democracy can rent from a landlord i'm sure, but membership would give equal powers.
I do not want to escape democracy as in the uS I do not live in a demcracy.
But a small 1000 acre lot would make for smaller Gubbment.
And Big Gumment is what I would like to escape.

(Edit)
In reply to the above post on lazy individuals, if said land is rented, tennants can be evicted.
But I would not commune with freeloaders anyway.

[edit on 26-7-2010 by g146541]


reply posted on 27-7-2010 @ 12:03 AM by g146541
reply to post by OuttaTime


Ok Agreed, how is this for an angle?
Say i am an old fart and I am s..so don't say it as I am sensitive to....
Back on topic, I wanna sit on the comp all day and chat online.
How do I do this and still be productive?
Gimme a bike and hook up a few generators.
I supply power and use just a little.
Instant "guilt free" bum just add cool technology!


reply posted on 27-7-2010 @ 07:22 AM by OuttaTime
reply to post by g146541


That's a start, providing there is internet there

Seriously though, everyone would have to be willing to contribute in order to perpetuate the productivity of the group. If it were a place for people to do nothing and expect to eat for free, it would be little more than a soup kitchen and a flop house. And that wouldn't be a move in the right direction. It's a short term solution without a long term goal. Since it would be a cashless society, work and pay = a decent and respectable life. No taxes or surveillance, or big brother tactics. In short, you would have to earn your right to be in the community. In other words, if someone doesn't contribute to the group, the group does not contribute to them. Of course there will be special cases to consider, but as a whole, it boils down to responsibility and compassion.
I've already drawn up plans for a small community that is completely unplugged from the grid. Completely self reliant and perpetually sustaining (without fossil fuel dependency), and still modern by many prospects. We're talking electricity, water, library, housing, etc.
All I lack now is 1000 acres, and funding I have plenty of skills and knowledge, but I'm a bit gimped up and nearing 50 y.o.


reply posted on 27-7-2010 @ 08:55 AM by Arcane Demesne
reply to post by EinsteinLight


Way to easy. I'd go Jeffersonian, and have full on anarchy, with a small collection of elders (male and female), who would help guide us, and give us very minimal 'common laws'. Possibly even keep it to 20-30 elders, chosen at random by straw sizes. Anything is else tyranny! Leave people the hell alone!
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