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   FinalOverdrive (finaloverdrive@kolektiva.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 02:29:11 JST FinalOverdrive

   • Kevin Carson

   @KevinCarson1 I've been looking into a lot of the stuff the Soviet Union tried to do, such as the factory kitchens, common dining spaces, common activities, etc. and the like. I think the problem wasn't the ideas themselves, it was their implementation (esp. the communal housing arrangements, those were dreadful) and the fact people were compelled to do so, as opposed to making it an enticing option people would choose of their own accord. I admit, the idea of the factory-kitchens wasn't all together unappealing.

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     Kevin Carson (kevincarson1@kolektiva.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 02:29:11 JST Kevin Carson

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     @FinalOverdrive The feel of it would have been entirely different in genuinely self-managed factories where everything was genuinely *theirs*.
     The other side of the coin is integrating small-scale production facilities -- coworking spaces, common workshops, etc. -- into self-managed cohousing projects.