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We're thinking of sailing to Sointula later today.

In 1901, a group of Finnish settlers planned to set up a utopian socialist society known as the Kalevan Kansa, based on cooperative principles there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sointula

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in reply to Devine Lu Linvega

very cool! very curious what it's like there today—wonder what the vibes are like since the wiki mentions folks buying up summer homes there.
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in reply to Levi Beach

we didn't think of going, but yesterday we saw friends who convinced us to make the detour apparently it's not so bad.
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in reply to Devine Lu Linvega

Spent all afternoon in the tiny Sointula museum learning about the village that originated from a utopian Finnish commune.

They never had a church, and one of their maxim was that women and men would be equal, the general store was the first consumer cooperative in BC.

That was all back in 1901.

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in reply to Devine Lu Linvega

Curious if you've read "Everyday Utopia: In Praise of Radical Alternatives to the Traditional Family Home"
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega

I enjoyed reading it after The Dispossessed. Felt on-theme

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