Love to believe that. But it's not the reality. Wish it were so.

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Beings that I grew up in a commune, and I lived the life.

No this isn't rose colored glasses but reality.

It is possible, if everyone involved puts the same efforts forward.

We grew up together.

We kept our elders in with us, and took care of them.

We raised our food, grew our vegetables.

We canned foods, churned butter, baked breads.

I went to a two room school; and we all worked with each other.

THIS IS A POSSIBILITY, I LIVED IT.

It's nay sayers and skeptics that keep the negativity in it alive.

It's those that assume it's a cult; when in fact our commune had no religious basis…other than to give back to the earth what we have taken.

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Beings that I grew up in a commune, and I lived the life.

No this isn't rose colored glasses but reality.

It is possible, if everyone involved puts the same efforts forward.

We grew up together.

We kept our elders in with us, and took care of them.

We raised our food, grew our vegetables.

We canned foods, churned butter, baked breads.

I went to a two room school; and we all worked with each other.

THIS IS A POSSIBILITY, I LIVED IT.

It's nay sayers and skeptics that keep the negativity in it alive.

It's those that assume it's a cult; when in fact our commune had no religious basis…other than to give back to the earth what we have taken.

As the resident, nattering naybob of skeptical negativity . . . nah, skip it. Glad it worked for you.

One facet of it does, yes. It's in Chewelah, WA.

We started in Seaside/Astoria Oregon. Got too big and split off, with a part of us going to Concord, CA.

When Concord got too big, we split again and went to Chewelah.

It was a good community; I learned a lot about love and morals.

I had culture shock when I was integrated into public schools.

I actually got teary reading what you wrote.

Communes consist of people working toward a common goal, which is usually the self-sustenance of their social order. All members are considered equally important to the group, and decisions are made based on the overall consensus of its members. The group thrives because of this ideology…..You would never find this type of behavior in a commune. Remember, culture is defined as a group of people sharing common beliefs and ideologies with a symbolic system of values and attitudes that shapes and influences perception and behavior, so technically a commune can be defined as a micro culture, and has been studied in depth by many anthropologists and sociologists. Just sayin’……

This is exactly how we were; old or young everyone contributed. We were all important. The elders taught us youngins' certain things to survive. The youngins kept the elders alive by visiting, listening, learning. Convalescence homes are a disgrace, in my opinion. We put them away, shuffle them around, and so easily forget about them in our society.

I will never, and I vow never, allow this to happen with my mother. As much as we don't get along, she is still my mother. In the event she becomes dependent, my rendering tells me to care for as she has with us as children.

We forget that they raised us, rendered us, and life is cyclical; what goes around comes around.

I think there is something to be said for a community of adults raising a community of children. We do it in isolation, and I see a lot who are really, really bad at it. Maybe those children who are raised by the parents who don't do so well would have more of a foundation of love, values and self-worth if there was an entire community of adults there that could step in where the parents failed.

"It takes a village."

Though I actively dislike Hillary, I have to admit she was spot-on here. Of course you have to keep a close eye on your village.

Yep – Hillary was running thru my head as I wrote that post.

Sorry about that.

It's okay. She was wearing clothes.

Thanks. You've just given me a disturbing image.