What is the community?

Commune is a house, property or community shared by people with similar interests or goals. It is a type of intentional community, but unlike other such communities, residents of community income, resources, ownership rights and work duties. At the end of the 60s it became known as the Hippie counterpart. While some of these municipalities still exist, many modern municipalities cover a wide range of social structures. Religious monasteries are in fact a form of community because members share work, food, residential areas and similar goals. During the early 20th century, Jewish refugees in Palestine created a collective agricultural settlement called Kibbutzim, many of which still exist in modern Israel. Although Kibbutz has changed a lot in modern times, most began as a municipality in which sharing work and resources were firmly enforced.

In the United States, New York's Oneida Aharmony Pennsylvania ND was communities that formed in the 18th century around religious characters or beliefs. These and dAlše municipalities were social experiments that did not take generally until the 20th century. In the 1960s. At the end, it was revived in America and elsewhere, as a living space for those who shared an alternative social, political or lifestyle.

Community founders are generally social acquaintances who believe they can meet their goals more effectively in a group environment than as individuals. Depending on the size of the group, they can share one house or get property sufficient for more households. New members must generally fulfill the approval of all current members before they can join. Similarly, the decision affecting the envelope must be reached by Consensnás, which is on the basis of an agreement of all members. Many lives looking for a real democratic structure and resist the character or characters of the central authority, even if it isThis is often theoretically simpler than in practice.

In some communities, the individual ownership of property or income is rare or prohibited; Everything must be shared equally between the group. Each member must contribute work on municipal projects such as maintenance of property or caring about the garden of the community. Many municipalities support economic and environmental independence from society in general. Some are also focused on the spiritual path and may disagree with behavior that is not in line with the religious practices of the group. However, each municipality is different and popular media depictions of municipalities as marginal, cult or hippie environment overlooking many successful municipalities that are not of these things.