Individualisation vs cooperation! Which do YOU opt for?

Question

If a friend of yours were to set up a community, would you join in? Or are we too obsessed with our privacy?
lets consider a situation where several families/singles/mixed join into a small community.
they can share chores, run a common budget (each keeping his private share, of course), maybe rent one big house for all, share babysitting, utility costs, whatever. Could even have some degree of sexual freedom within community if they must.
There'd be obvoius advantages, e.g. in case one of them is temporarily out of employment, the ship won't sink as it may b the case with a nuclear family
Of course it would only work within a homogeneous social group, otherwise they'd end up like old EU, strong members lose on it while benefits of the weak ones are arguable.
And the community would have to be comparatively small, say, up to 5 families.
Would you chance it, providing you know the participants well? Or would you deem it unviable?

Privacy vs unity! Which one wins?

Answer 1

Is this not of a similar basis to communes?

In my opinion anything of this nature can work if the members want to make work enough.

It has all of the benefits that you suggest but it will also have a downside like everything else. One example might be the onus to fit in with the group is far greater than just to fit into a society that is much larger like the one we live in in the UK which is in general very tolerant.

emotions such as anger jealousy and actions like greed may be no less prevalent but high lited and causing greater damaging effects in a smaller community.

Its a bit like a chain being only as strong as its weakest link, the links being the people.

Would I chance it? I would try anything once twice if it didn't hurt.

Answer 2

I think that human nature, being what it is, some people would always find themselves at the top of the heap, while others would find themselves at the bottom. In the West I think we have an inbuilt need for freedom & independence. Personally I value my privacy, though being independent can be a little lonely at times, especially as I get older.

Answer 3

Individualism

Answer 4

Animals compete AND cooperate. the two are especially much inextricable. as quickly as we compete against different human beings we make the race greater suitable (cooperation) and as quickly as we cooperate we make persons (possibly opposition) greater suitable to grant ourselves a miles better project to be aggressive against. One does not artwork without the different, even between termites and container mice.

Answer 5

Individualisation because cooperation's need to buy it.