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This is really cool, but do you have experience sharing land with someone? Are you used to managing and interacting with groups of people? What will you do if one of the people on your land hurts themselves and says you're responsible, or starts making meth or something? Maybe think about starting small with just one or two folks at first - folks you know and trust.
Also, as much as I love my chapos, trying to connect with people over a board like this is dangerous. It would be way, way better if you could do this kind of thing with people in your own community that you've met and interacted with. If anybody from this board reaches out to you treat them with suspicion because who knows who they are and what they want.
It's awesome you're doing this. I'd advise you to reach out to the Acorn Community to get tips on how to run a successful collective agrarian community and issues to avoid.
Have you thought about some sort of collective production your commune might do to support itself financially? If that's something you all would like to do, you can find info on forming a cooperative at Democracy at Work's website
Could someone hypothetically build a 20x12 lofted tiny house with a septic tank on your property? Could they build a small pen for a couple pigs and a chicken coop?
Okay cool! The pigs would be just to have a couple big goofy animal friends to love on, lol. Are you in the northern or southern states? Asking because of winter, lol.
We own 3,152 acres of land in Langley, Virginia which can easily support more then just the two of us.
generally speaking the only way to know for sure someone isnt fbi is if you find them at work, or at school, or in a club, and they happen to also share left wing views, and you become friends with them over a year or so. it cant be a place that is for leftists.
One year is typically a pretty good benchmark, but secrets can be kept for years, even sometimes from people who believe an agent is their life partner.
One thing that's probably a good rule is to check how much they've invested in it. If someone puts a substantial amount of time and effort into a project (or a collateral "loyalty fund" in the case of a direct action), they are probably honest about what they say they are. There's only so much that one small individual (or couple) could be bribed, and if that's less than the use value that could be gained, the judgment should be pretty clear.
It's unlikely that intelligence agencies would put lots of resources into building anticapitalist projects that they wouldn't exercise clear control over. Because of course, if things get out of hand, they've just directly worked against themselves, and can't pull the plug. On a related note, anyone who stresses the need for "central command" is probably a fed.
sure, but those instances, the police went to explicitly leftist events and found people to date
Best of luck comrades. I've always wanted to live a self-sustained life or in a commie intentional community - perhaps one day years from now I'll be able to visit your thriving commune
If you’re still interested in doing this by the springtime, I would follow up with you. In any case, I’d recommend you do some more deep research on the subject, consider how you might want to go about organizing such a system, make sure you guys really feel comfortable with such a commitment.
In that case, I’ll do some research. Maybe I can make myself useful for your project in a few months. In any case, I hope only the best with your endeavor, I think it’s incredible that you and your wife are willing to go for it, very admirable!
I was planning on going to appalachia soon, need a place to work on my college
I'd be interested... I've always wanted to do something like this and I currently have no major prospects other than moving in with my parents or getting a bs office job i hate again....
Assuming this os legit its the exact sort of thing I would like to do at some point in my life as well.
