 All right. Hey Jennifer. Hey What do you say to the socialist argument that it works in a small homogeneous society? Socialism does yeah, I say they don't know what they're talking about All they communes the kibbutz. Yes, I was just gonna get to the kibbutz Exactly all they communes whether it's a Paris commune on the 19th century communes were homogeneous groups and And they started out lovely with love and everybody loved each other and it was great and for the first few months They flourished and they had a great time and they were partying and everything and within a year They were stabbing each other in the back and having secret trials and ex-communicating people or literally killing people all kinds of stuff So these things fall apart and then the kibbutz Which lasted longer than most and and was successful for longer than most also fell apart and could have never Be successful economically if not for subsidies Originally from which Jews overseas and then once the state of Israel came about from from the state itself but the kibbutz was about as close to a communist environment where everybody believed in it and it was Homogeneous they were Eastern European. They were all You know, they were all committed committed communists and they all came from about the same place What works in quotes because it's like oh works in the sense that they didn't starve for a couple of years But like what kind of a life is that to live in that and if you've ever I don't know who on ever spent time on a kibbutz, but I spent a little time in kibbutz your ghoul and It sounds terrible hated each other. They hated each other. They would come we would be outsider so we came in and This faction would come to us complaining about that fraction and the next fraction would come complaining about that the two factions Somebody else would come complain and they constantly but and it makes complete sense when you think about it Everybody gets exactly the same outcome Exactly the same everybody has the same size TV if anybody has a TV. Everybody has to have a TV Nobody spends more time with their kids than anybody else spends time with their kids Everybody eats the same food in the commuter What's that? No, we're just talking about recommending John's book as an example the business person. Yes How can I learn about John Allison get his book? I'm sorry to interrupt. Absolutely. No Jonathan's always got his marketing hat on which is fantastic. I Do have to say on defense of the kibbutz It's great for the 70% that don't like to work hard because they have great easy life And then the other 30% It will do all the work, but it's not great for them either because psychologically they was Yeah, I know they resent the fact that their parasites and They so even they are miserable So it's even the people you think oh they get it easy in life They're miserable because they get it easy in life and they're living off of other people the amount of a happiness I saw on kibbutz was astounding the only people who like the kibbutz and I have to say The only people like the kibbutz with the kids Because no adults supervision a very little adults supervision They got it. They got a really hang out. They got to hang out together. They got to do fun stuff It was a you know and the kids were really having fun But you know and a little bit too much fun often So the first entry for drugs into Israel was through the kibbutz The the the european and the american volunteers who came in the late 60s and in the 70s to work in kibbutz He would bring the drugs and the kids start, but it was um The kibbutz is a great example and all the communes a great example. It never ever ever works Does it make sense to the the reason they're going at each other and talking about each other is because their focus is not They're not being egoist so their focus is not on their own life But on what everyone else is doing absolutely and yeah, that's right The second hand are completely and they and that causes envy and jealousy and guilt And you know, they covered each other's wives because hey we're sharing Why why is why is the stop there and more fairs and more heartbreak and just just a horrible horrible life And in recent years there have been some books in israel that have kind of brought a lot of this out because for a long time Because there's also socialists in its founding The kibbutz was romanticized. It was the ideal. It was is really to the core and that has really changed. I'd say in the last what 10 20 years Really changed Plus they all know kibbutz team anymore. They've all been privatized basically Oh, they are but they Don't have the concept of communism anymore now you get as much as you want and for what you were What we need today what I called a new intellectual would be any man or woman who is willing to think Meaning any man or woman who knows that man's life must be guided by reason By the intellect not by feelings wishes women's or mystic revelations Any man or woman who values his life and who does not get want to give in to today's Out of the stare cynicism and impedance and does not intend to give up the world To the dark ages and to the role of the collectivist roads Using the super chat and I noticed yesterday when I appealed For support for the show many of you step forward and actually Supported the show for the first time. So I'll do it again. 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