Yes, oxymoron I know. But like many of you, I am stuck in :amerikkka:

So if you could pick anywhere to live in the States, where would it be? And why? Ideally where far left ideology is the norm.

  • CrimsonDynamo [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    So many people think living on a commune is all laying in a hammock, walking goats on a leash and casual gardening.

    Nope. It's constant hard work, starvation diets, everyone's fucking everyone and there's always cliques. Someone will be that guy who thinks they do all the work and everyone is lazy, and will try to "papa Smurf" the whole thing.

    There are very few examples of communes that actually stand the test of time, and it's probably because there is a de facto heirarchy keeping the whole thing moving.

      • Ideology [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        You could testrun by having them stay over for a bit. There is the old saying: "Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days."

        It might even turn her off to the idea if it's sure to fail.

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          3 years ago

          I cannot overstate how many people end up financially ruined because they decided to live on a commune and things exploded a month or a year or five years later, leaving them with nothing and no way to leave.

      • CrimsonDynamo [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        As I'm sure most people who are reading this know, it's hard to stay friends with someone after living with them. That's been mostly true for me, with a very few exceptions.

        Now, imagine taking that concept and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars and buying property with them..

        A lot of communes will let you visit and get a taste of the life. If she ever really pushes for it beyond just romanticizing it, maybe take her to one and scare her straight so to speak

        • Alaskaball [comrade/them]A
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          3 years ago

          Now, imagine taking that concept and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars and buying property with them…

          The Villages out in Florida, but instead of hogs and libs shouting at each other in the community center its tankies and anarkies shouting at each other in the commune center

        • summerbl1nd [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          man, i only ever lived with friends and had pretty positive experiences

          does this make me a doormat or something

          • CrimsonDynamo [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Hard to say. Maybe you got lucky. Even when it seems good, you can look back on it and realize it was toxic.

            I lived with my best friend once and we had the best time we could, but looking back, we were just stuck in a feedback loop of negativity and drinking beer to escape our problems.

            Hopefully, you were one of the lucky ones. I only have a couple of people that I look back mostly fondly on when it comes to roommates