As a village tribal elder in Viet Nam told one of our officers, who told him we were there to “save them from Communism”, the old man pointed out that his little agrarian village, with its neighbors, had been “communist” (small “c”) for over 3,000 years! “Share and share alike” works well in small, agrarian communities around the world, and has for a long time, on large industrial scales, it DOES break down. (Can anyone say, personal greed?)
As a village tribal elder in Viet Nam told one of our officers, who told him we were there to “save them from Communism”, the old man pointed out that his little agrarian village, with its neighbors, had been “communist” (small “c”) for over 3,000 years! “Share and share alike” works well in small, agrarian communities around the world, and has for a long time, on large industrial scales, it DOES break down. (Can anyone say, personal greed?)