Re: Political Views in Cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Rob Sandelin (floriferousmsn.com) | |
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 14:21:15 -0700 (PDT) |
Back in the 90's when I was roaming around communities and cohousing groups as a consultant I found a enormous politcal bias to the left of center. I was told by many an old communitarian that, duh, community building is a liberal thing. Then I found myself one day flying to the east coast and part of an amazing discussion which involved about 15 people all up and down the aisle of the plane about community values. One of the persons in this disucssion was a regional campaign manager for George Bushes first presidency run. Based on the commentary, the political views of the participants ranged from far right to far left. And to my surprise, (I think all of us were surprised) there was substantial common ground about community values, sharing resources, caring about your neighbors, etc. I have never been on a plane ride before or since with this kind of group discussion so even the response to the topic was amazing. Since that time I visited 4 very conservative communities, all religious based. While each had its own set of attributes, the primary difference was in the leadership models and decision making models. Many of the other attributes of caring, working together, sharing resources, were the same as any of the very liberal communties I have been to. Rob Sandelin Naturalist, Writer The Environmental Science School http://www.nonprofitpages.com/nica/SVE.htm ><((((º>`·..·`·..·`·...><((((º>...·`·..·`·...><((((º>.·`·..·`·...><((((º>.·` ·..·`·...><((((º>·.. ><((((º> ·`·..·`·...·..·`><((((º>.·`·..·`·...><((((º>.·`·..·`·...><((((º>..·`·..·`·.. .><((((º>·.. ·`·..·`·....·`·..·`·...><((((º> -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.1/355 - Release Date: 6/2/2006
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