I think a lot of people underestimate how much farm work and actual hard labour is required to maintain a commune.
I also question if someone is actually left-wing, if they think they're somehow above physical labour, or implicitly believe they're too good to be doing it.
It does feel like there's an element of utopianism when people discuss their hypothetical leftist commune. If the thought is that such things will be taken care of by automation, then the idyllic cottagecore fantasy of cobbling together clothes for everyone is... not in any way actually helpful to the commune. You may as well be reading tarot cards.
If the thought is not that such things will be taken care of by automation, then one should look to past examples of communes, and traditional egalitarian village structures, to see what kind of life awaits. It's not likely to have many lattes unless you live in an area conducive to growing coffee beans. Or a vast array of well-maintained greenhouses.
It's a way of life that some are happier in, sure, but heavy on physical labor, and definitely not for everyone, and I feel like the commune idolizers miss that - as well as the more concerning effects of small, insular communities and gift economies.
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I feel like a leftist commune wouldn't have a job opening for "guy that beats people up"
Depends on how big the commune gets.
Really small communes can handle things between each other more easily and everyone is invested. If you get larger though you’ll get freeloaders that drag everyone else down and you’ll have to have some sort of enforcement.
And looking back at history, that’s typically been “guy that beats people up”.
That or a bouncer.
Try this, go into leftist commune. Say you think cops are cool.
They'll send out their biggest 120 lb screamo lead singer to berate you
I mean, its labor as much as many other forms of entertainment. BTNOMB
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