(This is not to say that some IC's didn't participate in at least local politics-- the Farm I think being a notable example.)
--adx
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> That's a little too harsh - they were trying, and
> who knew what would
> work 35 years ago?
>
> But now we know it just isn't enough. You're never
> going to get more
> than a handful of people who want to live Twin
> Oaks-style - and Twin
> Oaks itself survives by selling hammocks, cashew
> butter, and web
> design to the outside world. It's a way of carving
> out your own niche
> while leaving the balance unchanged. It free-rides
> on industrial
> society, while leaving most other social relations
> unchanged. Beats
> living purely inside your own head, but it's not
> unrelated to that.
>
> >I have some thoughts on this, beginning with: What
> do you do with
> >people for whom four walls are four too many?
>
> Three too many, please! Comrade Stalin deserves
> nothing less than
> total accuracy.
>
> Doug
>
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