Looking for an anrchist community

I would hardly call this "raining on anyone's parade." Passing on the fruits of one's experience is called "teaching" where I come from. :>;

My original point was: "There are no anarchist communities." This is simply observation. Since there are no communities existing outside of state social systems, there are no anarchist communities at all.

Now, if one wants to visit intentional communities to see how others organize themselves, that's something else entirely. I did this extensively in the 70s and 80s and had a great time at it. I came to the conclusion, however, that moving out to another community or starting a new community (with the increased use of precious resources) is unnecessary and counterproductive. One lives in community and can be much more effective working wihin existing social structures.

Proudhon believed that workers are entitled to the product of their own labor, so he would be against theft from the working class or poor, but also believed that the corporate overlords are not the true owners of the land or means of production, and certainly not over the products created. In that sense, an underpaid worker stealing a pair of Niki shoes he made himself with the machinery he or she operates is a form of "liberation", but stealing the groceries of a poor student on food stamps is unjustifiable unless you are on the brink of starvation.

>>>>>>>>>>>on and off I live on "the mesa" near Taos, NM

Hey didn't Rummy had a sister out there? I once heard about this guy who accidentally got on the FBI's shit list because he got to close to her house.

"...stuck in a box watching a box eating out of a box driving in a box..."

Sorry if this is a bit off-topic, but that sounds like a great line for a song.

"i like the sounds of less eco damage in that life vr the life most people are living now people dont care or think about how much eco damage there doing because it goes away out there door and hide somewhere and in the end it will blow up in there faces after its too late to change anything about it. i belive the time is now or never the clock is ticking and its going fast and its sad to see what un awakend people are doing. thats why i belive its time to drop out and help as many people awaken as quickly as possable before this system nose dives and takes the whole planet with it. "

Sometimes, though, people in cities do care. I live in a suburb of DC, and I try to do what I can (i.e. when I see trash on the ground I put it in the nearest garbage can or dumpster), I recycle as much as I can, and about 99% of my furniture is dumpster scores. I couldn't drive even if I wanted to because of my visual impairment--and for several reasons, I don't think I would often do it even if I could--but this is a mixed blessing. Sure, I may walk instead of drive, but that also means I can't necessarily get to a recycling center as much as I'd like (I have to rely on my apartment complex to haul away my recyclables); I have to do my grocery shopping where I can instead of going to a more eco-friendly/organic place; for some things I can dumpster-dive (like furniture, as I said), but as far as finding food there I have to be careful because I could end up simply not seeing if I got bad food. One reason that I've also considered living in an anarchist community of some kind is because I realize fully that I often end up compromising my principles and I feel bad about that.

Peace,
--Andy