it's like. okay. on some level this shouldn't require so much contemplation. people should be able to directly create value for each other. directly grow food. directly build each other shelter. american civ structured to make many of these moves weirdly difficult if not illegal
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i think a lot about this fantasy of living in a small village and we can talk about the appeal of community etc. but currently i'm most drawn to the appeal of being able to directly do things that are directly valuable to the other villagers
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imagine living in like a small village where you help your neighbors out by fixing their fences or roofs or something occasionally
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really fucked up how insanely difficult it is to just build shelter. friend of mine who grew up in middle-of-nowhere newfoundland used to talk about how his uncle or whatever could just go out into the woods and chop down a tree and build a lil cabin. this is afaik illegal here?
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on the other hand "let's just make a commune where we farm together" apparently fails a lot because of interpersonal nonsense
okay, hence the next step, let's make a commune where we focus on interpersonal nonsense specifically
this apparently also fails a lot???
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can make it work, but it needs thought and effort and people who can trust each other to openly communicate; an idea and energy isn't enough on its own
a lot of queer houses fail too, but we did well (despite all of us being neurodiverse and/or traumatized) and are doing well
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it's weird but I think is right -- making a company solves a bunch of zoning and immigration issues if you were to try to get something bigger off the ground
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i'm at the queer company
i'm at the queer commune
i'm at the combination queer company and commune
I'm reminded of coming to my little 50 person company and after I was already hired, as an afterthought, they were like "what's your immigration status? doesn't really matter, we can set you up if you need it" "permanent resident" "thanks for saving me a bit of work"
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what private option is to do this? marriage?
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