Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing and THEY

[Hune Margulies (hm64]

Most of the organized Libertarians are very much in favor of capitalism 
and against cohousing. I don't clearly get why you aim your criticism to 
them specifically. Left Libertarians are a different thing, and being 
that there aren't that many of them to go around, it seems to me that it 
is not to them that you refer to in your comments. Do you care to clarify 
this issue? I have some contacts with left-libertarians types. thanks

On Fri, 9 Sep 1994 biow [at] cs.UMD.EDU wrote:

> I've taken much of my replies on the thread into personal e-mail, as they
> are not relevant to cohousing per se. I'm getting ready to leave on
> a week's vacation, so I won't be able to continue it much, anyway.
> My initial followup either fell in the bit bucket, or else I didn't 
> get one of the digests.
> 
> Anywho, I'll just make the statement that I'm not a Libertarian, but
> am worried by the degree to which the Great Idea of cohousing is being
> coopted by the Crunchy Left. I've seen too many good ideas in the past
> die because they became associated with one or the other political
> extreme, thus effectively reducing their appeal to a narrow fragment
> of the political spectrum. I'd be even more concerned if the Libertarians
> were coopting cohousing.
> 
> For those of us who are trying to develop cohousing, it is important
> that we not let our political prejudice warp our views of those with 
> whom we must deal. That eVil RuNNing-DoG KepitaLIst (apologies to 
> Drieux) Banker is the guy with whom you need to--and can--work to get 
> financing. Cohousing can get jumbo or conforming financing much 
> like other forms of housing. We just have to shoulder burdens that
> are normally foisted off on the Evil Kepitalist developers.
> 
> Sorry about the lack of a (human) name with my original rant. I
> am:
> 
> Chris Biow                            (.sig stolen)
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