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Do communes like this actually work? I won't say I'm not drawn to the idea, but the history of utopian socialist communities in the US is mostly tragic. I've heard about successful indigenous communes in latino america, but afaik they are based in a cultural background and political practice that most americans don't have access to.
Unless of course "commune" here really means living with trustworthy room mates who know how to share, so you don't have to do that sitcom thing with the tape for all the common storage spaces.
Not to belabor the point, but I do wonder what the material requirements are to have a successful long-term commune.
The first need that comes to mind is an economic base. A lot of utopian socialist projects fail because they try to skip to "moneyless society" without undergoing industrial development. I can see the argument that a commune that participates in the capitalist market economy is a contradiction of terms, but that doesn't seem like a realistic definition even under a socialist economy. From a practical perspective, I would say that a commune just needs to have enough contributions/income available to its members to cover its costs.
The trouble with this loose economic conception of a commune is that a lot of things kind of look like a commune if that's your only criteria. Maybe that's not a bad thing. Maybe all you need to "make a commune" is shared housing, a willingness to cooperate on household maintenance, and shared food and storage space. I lived like this successfully for many years, but only some of my friends who stayed with me (ironically MLs) recognized it as a kind of commune.
I'm curious how others would define a commune. I also apologize if this is an annoying or unwanted analysis.