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What's an aspect of life that's currently done privately that you think should be communalized? (lemmy.ml)

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A lot of the things we do on a daily or weekly basis have ways of doing them that can either be private or communal, some of these which we do not think to consider as having that characteristic.

For example, bathing in the Roman Empire used to be communal, but then Rome fell and citizens in the splinter countries began taking baths privately.

Receiving mail is another example. There are countries which don’t have mailboxes and everyone gets their mail at the post office in the PO boxes. It was the United States which pioneered the idea of the modern mail system, which is why we associate it as a private act.

There are activities as well which don’t have any history as jumping between one or the other that might benefit from it, for example I think towns might benefit if internet was free and freely accessible but only at the local library.

What’s a non-communal aspect of life you think should be communal?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Amazing. May I ask what region of the world you're describing?

[–] SreudianFlip 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Vancouver BC

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

$5 a meal and $5000 a month for rent.

[–] SreudianFlip 3 points 1 month ago

Other savings built into collective infrastructure:

super cheap fast internet. They pay about $5/ month and when I am visiting I get 1ms ping to speedtest servers, amazing.
tools, the workshop is set up for tool sharing as well
laundry room, no coins
car sharing is easy
bulk buying groups naturally form
event facilities, guest rooms just need booking (big deal in Vancouver eh)
profit control: fewer middlemen to feed for maintenance and management
dozens of tiny efficiencies that add up
village settings are naturally designed for mutual aid, good cohousing is a microvillage

[–] SreudianFlip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You are familiar with the concept of #cohousing, right? I don't think anyone is renting there, all owners. Land values have been fucked in Vancouver since capitalism arrived, and in fact when the group bought the three house lots they needed, they had to deal with one of them being shadow-flipped during the purchase.

Still, pooling resources did make it very possible for the group. The hard-to-swallow expensive part was actually building to passivhaus standards and dealing with bureaucracy, if I understand correctly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You know this is a joke on how expensive rent is in Vancouver, right?

[–] SreudianFlip -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yes and it would have been funny if any rent was involved.

Edit, oh wait you mean they are SAving 5k a month, whoosh missed that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I like to light-heartedly make fun about life’s absurdities but I see that’s completely lost here.

Have a nice day.