Re:Montreal is taxing churches (2017)
by chunkyslink on Sunday July 26, 2020 @07:24AM
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> it’s like creating an alternative to a bar with no alcohol
In many muslim countries in the world there are plenty of places like this because alcohol just isn't a thing.
There was a wonderful article I read ages ago and can no longer find on the history of communes in the US over the 20th century. Not one secular commune managed to perpetuate itself across generations without turning into something vastly less communal. Most religious communes failed too but the Amish and Hutterites are practically ethnic groups based on religion and there are lots of smaller groups.