A new vision? Some simple thoughts on how We can get People into communities

Trying something different here. Is it possible for a group of Us to actually join together and make an offer to an existing community to help “populate” it? Or “network” in such a way that those who DO INDEED wish to “intentional community” their respective lives, and who merely are “penniless”, but have the passion, knowledge, and physical ability to maintain a community, find each other, and get together.

Or, even better… create an actual organization that works to match those “without” with those “with”. The current “system” is not working, IMHO

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk lol

There are multiple issues here… first and formost being this website is structured like its from 1995 and is horrible to navigate. There seems to be no way to connect with others of like mindset other than this basic forum setup. And the IC community is broken into many many small subsets that have very different ideas and no way to find those of the same mindset.

Unfortunately most “international communities” are basically a mini city that grows a garden and maybe raise a few animals. They have multiple “branches” of government and committees… ect

They have already or you must build a modern style home in their designated housing development. You must pay an entrance fee, pay a modern rent, contribute too the “community” and 9 times out of ten, hold down a real job as well (usually off site or remotly) to pay said rent, groceries. Car payment ect, ect. You will be basically moving to a new “city” with a community garden.

And on top of that, you will have to find one that meshes with your beliefs. A lot of ICs are founded around hippy,dei,single gender, religious, or woke philosophys or a mix of theses. I havent found a single community yet, that sets all these modern social group ideas aside and actually focuses on the living the old ways off the land with natural materials away from social stereotypes.

It absolutely amazes me the number of videos i watch of homesteading or ICs that surround themselves with PLASTICS, gas powered equipment, and fertilizers :*(
Not a hand tool in sight.

Anyways i digress. Good luck on your journey, i hope you find what you are looking for!

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