Too true. And good friends are hard to find.Fred wrote: ↑August 11th, 2022, 10:43 am I started visiting https://ic.org in the early 90's. A friend of mine was a software developer and was paranoid that people were out to get him and he figured it was a good place to hide. He was a high dollar programmer and would take a 4 week job with IBM or something that paid enough to live a year on and then do it a few times a year and he always had money and only had to work every once in a while.
The thing about intentional communities that most do not get is land ownership. You will own nothing and be happy. You have to pay the association, though. If you don't own, you can be kicked out.
Some will let you own like a share or limited partnership. Course there still has to be a way for them to get rid of what they may later consider a bad apple.
Then you have the groups of poor people that find strength in numbers.
Outside of a true Zion, the best chance of success seems to come from people that purchase land in areas with like minded people and there are no bosses, or profiteering. The people that get along become friends and help each other.
I still like President Hunter's talk from years ago where he mentioned
good stuff right there. I think I stumbled onto ic.org quite a few years ago - looks like it has grown a bit and become more sophisticated.the meek shall inherit the earth, a pretty impressive corporate takeover
I guess my problem is: on almost any project, I don't think anyone will do as good a job as I will, mostly because they don't care enough about it when it's "not their project". I didn't even let anyone help me with chinking the cabin - normally something you let everyone do, just to get it done. plus, this might sound rude, but there aren't a lot of capable people out there.
we see it in commercials on TV: men are imbecilic children who grunt and make money - definitely not portrayed as capable - I just saw a commercial a few minutes ago on my lunch break while checking the weather - some lady complaining about nagging her husband for years to remodel the bathroom, and then they hired 3-day kitchen and bath and got it done in 1 day - then the camera focuses on her husband and he says, "and we got it done for a price we could afford!" - he doesn't even acknowledge that his wife just shredded him for being a lazy bum for years, and now he's proud he could afford someone else to fix the bathroom? She just put you down, man, and you're happy about the price?!?! sheesh.