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My own reservation (cough) regarding this constructed community is that it would relatively quickly become class-based and such places would acquire the status of, say, what in the US would be called section 8 housing, or 'government projects.' In other words subsidized housing for, at one extreme, the shiftless, and at the other, working poor trying to climb their way to something better. The kiss of death for any such venture if one is trying to lure in the middle class. How would you suggest staving off that kind of perception?
I dunno!
I think one answer to that, honestly, is just to not worry about it all that much. Consumption is always going to be idolized, and providing ways to have a good life for cheap is always going to be looked down upon, but is that a good argument for not doing so? I'd say we do so, and thereby improve the reproduction rate of people who don't idolize consumption, and maybe that's fine.
Note that the only part we're subsidizing here, by this description, is a small number of permanent helpers, kind of similar to how apartment buildings have janitors and maintenance people. Maybe if this gets off the ground, that subsidy can be removed and just make it a part of the group community.
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