“People wanted more control over their own lives and economics. They wanted to make their own decisions, and have their own car and their own telephone. It is very difficult to live this strong communal life. It is very tiring.”
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Formerly socialist Israeli kibbutzim discover the virtues of private property
Ilya Somin at The Volokh Conspiracy relates how even the kibbutzim's are finding socialist ideals difficult to implement. Turns out that people really do like personal freedom.
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Excellent article, Luther, and kind of ironic, isn't it? It's not like this is some new experiment, even the heart of communal living is changing:
ReplyDelete"More often than not, kibbutzniks found they would rather do their own cooking and washing and have their own car than use communal facilities. Even the dining hall — once the heart of every community, where members used to meet, eat and talk on a daily basis — became a victim of privatisation: in some kibbutzim, attendance dropped so sharply that communal dining was abandoned altogether."
Wow. I wish I could hear annie's thoughts on this.
Florrie,
ReplyDelete"Wow. I wish I could hear annie's thoughts on this."
That's exactly what I was thinking as I posted the article. I'd love to hear her opinion.
At its heart it's like living in a house with a bunch of roommates, right? Though I greatly simplify of course. But one wishes to have your own stuff after a while. Not to mention having to clean up after others, for the 'common good'. I could list other examples but think you will see my point.