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oreelrngs ere pleasanl, we een look lorward lo lnern.
end so a pleasanl end inrorrnaove oemeinn repleees a
hormone end slresriul "group decision meeting

On a wrder seele, sells 0! one lo rhree people can run
a very large nelwork, in “us wey, given oeeesiorral
levery 2 yeersl rneelrngs in allrnilres or work
inlegrallon groups, anended by small enlonornous
groups. pusrlrve WORKrNETTING lrrrrl poinrless
nerworkingl rs possrole No person can lorse anolher
group ro cooperere, laul musr oller reasonable,
rewerdrng, and larr reoperallon

Above all, no group or eommunrly need lesl iorever;
a group ser up lo arhreve eerrarn zlvds can oisboud wrrh
e eleer eonserence rl lhose ends are subsranlrally
ashreved Individuals ean rhen lake on new and more
rurrenl rasks, or edopr e drllerenl level or elleelnre
aeuon besed on pesr erperrerree

NW": would deny lhai people are [he rnsrsr dllrreulr
laeror rn any desrgn or assembly. ll ls nor rhal people
lack ihe will re cooperele; moreollen rhel lhey have
nol adepred rhoee serrsrole legal and adrrrinurmrive, or
social meenenrrms which allow lhem lo cooperare Al
various perrods oi hrslory, uruelly corneldenl wrrh
economrr downturn, groups or people heve lelr
rnarnsrreern soelely lo ser rrp rnlenuonal mmmunnies
This phenomenon. murwd ln lhe laws, laws, and
laws and ar various nines belween The mosr reeeor
(19604990) rs else llre longesr perrod ol Dukmlgnliun,
and rs snll eonnnumg elrer 20 years. ri is a nugrauon ol
skilled lemrly people rewards a smaller soerery,

Smdles ol sueh groups reveal llrel lhose whu welt
elleouue adopred e sel oi velues whrrh ensured lneir
conlrnued rnler—nol end errlernal rnrerdrpendenee; oi
rhose, perhops lne mosl u-uporranr leclor was lhal rhe
group adopred ”volumary ,lmpllmy’ as en elhre ll rs
no more cornerdenre lnar rhem l5 oorh an hrslone and
presenr relurronshrp helween communuy lpenple
assisiiug each orlrerl and a reoerry ol power due ro
rinaneral reeesslon

thus, lhe legal and erhreel onsis lor euceesslul
cornrnunrly eoopereiion musl slress sherrng,
mrsieeship, and modesl consumplron, lhe laller rs rlre
more rrnponerrr, as rndrvrduel power over land, reel
assers, rmanre, or group membership leads rnevlrauly
lo power over olhers, and we are bark where we
slaned. The habn ol lrugalrly is perheps lhe mosr
lmporranloi lhrseassislmg olher lrle forms

ere landscape plennrng, lhere are comrrrunrly
syslerns whlch can reuse more rrrne spenr rn eonrlrrl
lhan can be rrrade up but, sueh errors we ran soll eall
prrreury errors as lney wrll lead lo eouslanl problems
end expense lever Some or lhem are

. Group consensus on all deelslons lryranny ol lhe
drasenlerl

r Group leadershrp by one or a rew lryranny of lhe
lsederl

- Rules ahoor lilesryle llyranny ol proserrpnonl

- Allernprs lo lrve rn large group households llaek oi
prrvaeyl

- Overschedulrng oloreelrngs

 

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. Negkn or mmmr-ymdudng eeovirres

- Pour financial amounong, hence poor meinlenenee
ol laerlilres and equipmeul

The lndrvrdoal rn rhe eommunrry musr recognise lhe
need ro subsrr-roe lo e group lund lor marnrernmg
roads, lends, end rnlraslrurlure, or or donele work in
lreu oi money all a reguler besrs There are no “lree~
marhlnes or lree lunerus rhe essenlreh (D eoncenrrere
on are sound land planmng, rheller, e eeplrel base, and
lne developmenl ol lrvelrhoods.

Many "zommnnil" sysrems larl u very low people
are legally lreble lor eepiral rrsk Guod rdeas end
equrprnenl ensr money ro lmplemenr, lhus all llruse rolro
role [or roorrrmrrrr rrrrrsr to node equally lrolrle ro pay [or rl
This elways keeps lne eommuniry heallhy. as unused
rools ere expensive, our only lor lhose who buy lhernl
1his rs a lesson ru modesly end responrrlalllly.
Moreover, rools on hire should eomplerely repay rhelr
rosr by charge on a pleeework or hourly rule, over a
period reelrslimlly esomaled es hall lheir working his
lvehrrles, lreroors, omee equrprnenl and so onl,

Ewry mapr lool needs k) be eosled lor runnurg coss,
reparrs, end repleeemenl plus eny rnreresl on capiral.
The very powerrul principle here rs rhar ”H'Hylhlng
musr pay", more speerlrcally, rn cornmunrly enler-prrses
”proposers puy rapllai” and “users poy rosls~ ln
nerural syslerns llns rs lhe "law oi rerurn" We ronnol
use soils. crops. or loresls wrrnour eosring rolal upkzrp
and Nplau-menk, or we rmpoverrslr lire common
weallh Thus, users pay” should apply el every level
oicommunrry. errepl lor hardshrp or wellore seryrees,

There ere rwo unhappy sreres or human erislenee; me
am end worsl rs Io be donned by your sommurury or
narron as unemployed, lhnl rs ro say, ol no use lo
anyone ln a world where sueh e groel deal of work her
lo oe done per lo reparr pesl damage, replace ioresls,
secure sorls lroor loss, house people, or build local
sellrrehinxd, unemploymenr rs an ooseene eoneepr.
Where relied beneliu ere pard. are sure rewards people
lo aeeepl lhis role or ”Inn wor “,and "I elleei lures ihem
ll rhey work

Seeondly, ll rs an unhappy rlole lo be employed. hul
nol hee lo use xmlulwz: ony person run go daily lo a
iolr, no mailer how useless or horrrrg, no mailer how
desrruclrve, and be perd lo be deilned m e srngle role,
e.g, as e leacher. rlerk, proeess worker. or libnum, rhe
worker has no say in polrsy, social value, hours.
pmducl oualrly, or envrronmenlal worrh

ln mosr cases, orlrcr people delrne lhe lrves ol lhe
reep rs or reliel or ealeries; as all such money comes
horn ihe pool olpuolre weallh, lhen all such people are,
rn ellerl, on relrel paymenls' .usl as e eompany
supporred by poolre suosrdy rs on publre relrellusually
our prunary produenon syslerns rn rhe walzm world)

The only people who are uV/«ll'lmud ore lhose who
are sellemployed, or who work in eommunrly wovk
cooperaoves rhe ronsumers pay lor rherr produrrs or
services du-«uy, and ihelr houses, produces, and choose
0! work rs selhleiermmed. lhey ere only unhappy m
lhe errenr lhey oppress lhemselvesz l eould never