Route 66: Free living and liberty at a rural commune

[@AikawaMartialArts]

Wow I’ve been saying this for years. We wake up at 5 am to work our lives away unhappily to pay for a house with a small piece of property.:: most never pay that dream off and work tirelessly toward it. Buying new cars that break down before they are paid off and ready to be replaced again... That cycle consumes your entire life until your finally retired... can no longer afford your mortgage... your new cars are now used cars and your health all used up. We waste our lives away trying to get paper!!!! You people are awesome for seeing this and doing something about it 👊

[@victorponce7238]

I'm with u bro. Free living is the way to happiness 😀

[@ymaysernameuay1113]

What is your proposed solution?

[@Ciesiam]

Now that’s a pessimistic point of view.

[@firnekburg4990]

@@Ciesiam That's the harsh reality for 99% of people. Unless you're from a first world, like Norway, Denmark, etc.. I'm fking 33 years old and I own nothing, wasting my life for some pennies.

[@Ciesiam]

@@firnekburg4990 Material goods make no one happy. 🥲

[@truthseeker9624]

"Cooperation sounds easy until you don't get what you want." Those are powerful words!

[@arrrgonot7801]

I expect then one is unable then to get what they want even tho one is able?

[@raybon7939]

if everyone began making that product the village woukd be in trouble. but im glad its doing well and sustaining.

[@cherriemckinstry131]

@@raybon7939 planning helps.

[@yourdedcat-qr7ln]

@@cherriemckinstry131 and preparing for people to fall back on the plan so you have a contingency

[@nelsonx5326]

You get what you need.

[@0biwan77]

I lived on a Vermont “commune” from 1969 (I was 21) to 1995; then I moved to town. I’m still here. 53 years later.

[@chetoliver5897]

"Some people are so poor, all they have is money" - Jack Keroauc

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Jack had his heroin

[@Aluttuh]

sad how society has brainwashed people into thinking that we need big houses and fancy cars. be happy in the now or you will never be

[@johnmilonas9143]

Any house is better the no house otherwise we will be renters paying for someone's else's house.

[@plutoplatters]

@Raw Chef Fancy.

[@plutoplatters]

@Raw Chef Define define.

[@Aluttuh]

@Lion Lion of course, nobody said otherwise : )

[@brendanmorin9935]

Capitalism kills

[@CarolynsRVLife]

I love the idea of this. 4 years ago I gave up my life in the San Francisco Bay Area Rat Race for many of the reasons the residents of this community described, and now live full time in an RV traveling and living on public lands. It's not giving me the 'off grid' experience I want now, of growing my own food, having a piece of land to work, etc. This is definitely a lifestyle to aspire to. Good video. Thanks

[@abdelrhmanelnssr2645]

❤️🙏

[@zariballard]

Carolyn's RV Life Hi Carolyn, I watch your channel and admire how you've dumped the rat race. I, too, think this alternative lifestyle appears beautiful. However, please read my comment above (or below, wherever it gets placed). In reality, you live freer in your RV than these people do in the woods for the simple reason that you own the "land" (your RV) that you live on and are completely self-sustaining. You don't "work" for anyone anymore. I know it doesn't seem that way watching this film because the environment looks idyllic and makes you, and me, want to get that piece of land and a couple of cows and some chickens and set up shop. In East Wind, they basically work for free for a multi-million dollar business. They are EMPLOYEES that still depend on the corporate conglomerate for the means to live where they live. All I'm saying is that you ARE free right now because you can roam around and don't HAVE to rent your land from the government (because owning land is RENTING land as I have discovered). You ARE about as "off grid" as you can possibly get. I know you know all this. Everything is such a Catch 22 in this life. I wish it wasn't:( Blessings to you.

[@arrrgonot7801]

@@zariballardya owning land is renting? How do figure who plows your roads or maintains them? Theres tax for a reason. Who will feed ya when you can't? You think a commune will? Ha ha ya sure they will. Family aint family unless its blood.

[@thevanthatran]

​@@arrrgonot7801 not true, not everyone considers the people they are related to family

[@arrrgonot7801]

@@thevanthatran ha ha ya heard that!

[@bernicegoldham1509]

My sister lived in this commune for a number of years in her 20s. She loved it.

[@yourenotcrazy-theworldis1004]

"You say you're against capitalism, but you're obviously capitalists. What gives?" I can only speak for myself, and not all of community, but here's how I see it. East Wind as a collective entity - in our case a 501(d) not-for-profit corporation, the same type of legal status as monasteries - is absolutely capitalist. I don't think anyone living here would deny that. Where we are not capitalist is inside the East Wind economic bubble. Inside the bubble - i.e. for members of East Wind - we own everything in common and share all income. This is decidedly un-capitalistic. East Winders do not compete with each other for resources, we share them. As other comments have pointed out, it's pretty much impossible to exist within a capitalistic world economy without participating in that same economy. Thus we run businesses to earn money to buy what we can't yet produce for ourselves. We are not self-sufficient yet and absolutely still depend on the broader economy to sustain ourselves. However we are working to be ever more self-sufficient, and it is a dream of many people here to one day not need to take part in capitalism. I don't see us as hypocrites. By necessity we participate in capitalism while at the same time work towards not needing to do so in the future.

[@Zion5100]

are you still accepting people???

[@yourenotcrazy-theworldis1004]

Austin Abram Yep :)

[@benjaminmiller3792]

it depends how bad the reaction is... if a person wants or needs to be taken to a hospital we do so... but if an individual wants to stick it out we let them... the most common bite is the copperhead and they are not deadly to a healthy person.

[@Lonesome__Dove]

I want in.

[@aruuuba]

We do the same in most families of the world. We go "outside" to take money and other resources, and them go back home and share. It seems to me that the clue is in where we draw the red line that delimitates "family"/"not family", "community/not community"...

[@Shawnne01]

If I could have found a place such as this when I was young, I'd have gone for it without hesitation. Now, being 68 years old, the best I can hope for is to continue living in the country, growing food, and being one with nature as much as possible. Awesome video, thanks!

[@Ihaveausernametoo]

Beautiful grey-haired lady, you are younger in your heart than me (I'm 30). Thank you.

[@mikeysliwa2928]

There are endless ways to live on this planet. East Wind has found one that appears to be healthier than most. Bravo! I live in an intentional community. One of our members started at EW back in the early days. She is 81 now and still our most productive gardener and one hell of a community member.

[@observer7418]

I wish I found this place when I was 25 and had nothing to lose.

[@firnekburg4990]

How's life? 4 years later :D

[@cc3184]

Everybody freaking out about them still living within the capitalist society. Nothing wrong with reducing your need for mass produced material goods and living as much as possible off the land. Ffs.

[@pappapinskie5883]

Cc Misery loves company. Haters are just jealous of their happiness. In b4 "hA! iM nOt jEaLouS oF bEiNg aSmELLy cOmMie!"

[@tompain2751]

capitalism is not a problem.They have a good balanced way of life!It is all about choices.

[@AyubuKK]

Cc ikr

[@charliechristian1097]

Yeah on actual what this is ridiculous haha my heart breaks seeing how messed up from technology everyone is in the west and how evil society is to children and how heartless and inhumane it is to the individual and how enslaved the individual is to industrial agriculture and globalized supply chains

[@ctrlaltdebug]

Anarchist communes are ok. It's the authoritarian communists that we don't like. "Don't tread on me" and I won't tread on you.

[@sassynana5201]

After living more or less “free” but impoverished (with 3 kids) for 15 years, I finished my college, got a job with the state and in 5 years I had a house with a small orchard and 3 additional living units. I use these resources to help people who need a hand. I retired after 5 years of my state job (no health insurance still) but my “mainstream” efforts have allowed me to provide food, housing, and safety for many, many people. Mainstreaming it ain’t all bad. 💕

[@jaredbackus1416]

I'll be 100% honest, I've wanted to live in the Ozarks ever since I was a kid, when I read the book "Where the red fern grows" I always thought that would be me. Maybe it can be

[@maggiemae5582]

The area from the book is in talequah and sallisaw oklahoma. Not the ozarks. I live close by

[@musicguy20]

Such a classic

[@Applecider-Poetry]

get the mailing address of East Wind commune from an Intentional Communities directory or Google and snail mail them. You will get a visiting date. You are given an initial week or so to see if you like it and other folks like you. Then if there is an open room, you get to move in.

[@cyndifoore7743]

I love that they’re successful at this for so long, I always thought this would be a great way to live.

[@markrigsby2107]

Cyndi Foore So are you going to buy land?

[@patrickparmer1648]

@@markrigsby2107 why should we have to. The people that own it didnt buy it either. They shouldnt even own it. People should be able to settle on land that hasnt been settled on. Period. You shouldnt have to buy anything on this earth so long as you can get it yourself.

[@hubbysswee]

Patrick Parmer should, should, should! You’re “shoulding” all over yourself. And by the way, everyone else too.

[@hubbysswee]

just killin' time YOU LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES! REALLY? TRY LIVING IN ANOTHER COUNTRY! For that matter, try SAYING anything your heart desires while living in another country. If it’s so repressive here, LEAVE! Make room in this awful place for those who are quite literally DYING to get in!

[@John-bg3mm]

Some people's methods of getting something for themselves would be to kill the person who has (or uses) what they want and then to take it (or to use it for themselves). That is why we do things the way we do in our society. Sure, greed has made it unpleasant in the way we have things set up now, but in a culture that allows all things to belong to everyone, greed (or selfishness and laziness) would cause even more trouble. Your idealistic outlook would only be implementable in a highly evolved society, which, if it has existed on our earth, it was driven into obscurity or destroyed by others less evolved. Just the terminology you use to "get it yourself" implies ownership, and what happens if too many people try to "get" something that is owned by everyone?

[@integralstanley]

Deborah Slavin and the East Wind community seem to be beautiful practical answers to the question, what long term good became of the efforts of the hippies of the 60? The community members need only work 35 hours a week which is about half of what the average American works. I pray that their stable economic base allows them to prosper and remain a source of light for generations to come.

[@jonathandpg6115]

@Christina Reynolds that's the most stupid comment. Not everyone would be farmers. There will be some who would do other necessary tasks as well.

[@tompain2751]

They're running a multi-million dollar business!They will be okay to live as they choose!

[@jamesjenkins3384]

And that 35 hours includes their cooking, laundry, and basic chores too.

[@tetrahedron1000]

@Christina Reynolds Of course, obviously not because one farm would not be able to produce enough food, clothes and medical care for billions of people. I don't really quite see how you work out that most of us would die as they are producing food and selling it.

[@ctrlaltdebug]

Christina Reynolds of course the farm produces the food to be self sufficient. You don't need factory clothes or medicines to survive. Humans have been surviving for hundreds of thousands of years. Lower your standard of living.

[@SandySandifer]

I grew up in the Ozarks in the 50's & 60's in the small town of Waynesville, Missouri. I had total freedom and lived like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. High five from a hippie/roadie in central Europe

[@Lahiri54]

What a blessing💕💕

[@gennesePirolozzi1602]

Highway 17

[@johncox1221]

i grew up in dixon

[@johncox1221]

Beloved's 54 south 17 drag racing (street) in the 70’s long before street outlaws

[@timnedz]

Devil’s Elbow for me! Didn’t realize what I had growing up.

[@skellymom]

I like how everyone shares the responsibilities as well as the benefits.

[@johndoe-uz2kc]

That's the only way a place like this would ever survive.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

That is creepy and toxic as heck!

[@tetrahedron1000]

@@EmilyGloeggler7984 What is???

[@danishbutter1847]

that's basically a norm in poorer countries and old regions of the world.

[@brandenbran]

U mean communism?

[@CN-xt7hj]

I worked on a Kibbutz in Israel in 1979, actually it was the first Kibbutz in Israel and is located on the Sea of Galilee. One of the best experiences of my life. Everyone worked to the best of their ability and was given what they needed.

[@gyspymamma3239]

What a beautiful way to live.i have wanted to go vist East Winf for a long time.

[@Takedownman]

Been in a few of these, each of them have their own good and bad. Some places are awesome, and everything flows. Others are horrible. If you want to live it, be sure their values and wants align with yours.

[@jefflynch1323]

i lived there for 4 yrs it was awesome

[@sapphicwillterdusque6541]

Just curious, what inspired you to move in and then to move out?

[@vitalchance1032]

@@sapphicwillterdusque6541 ya, lets hear it, i wanna know to.

[@beckyoakley522]

Why did you leave, if i may ask?

[@yellooh]

People go & learn to do things that way then move to do it on their own or start their own community or homestead. It's like a school or university.

[@jimmysmith2894]

how would i contact them i want outof babble

[@Shay-nu7id]

All the animals look so happy and well cared for....so peaceful. I live in Miami.....i think i would need time to adjust...its like your going 90 mph your whole life and slam into a brick wall.....

[@Betrsafthensory]

Love this! I've always wanted to live this way. I live in Missouri so you're not far from me. My husband and I have chickens, have a garden and a small pond for fish. We've started an orchard and love the lifestyle. We want to go completely off grid some day. You all are awsome and I say keep it up. More people need to wake up and stop desecrating Mother earth before she has enough and hits the reset button. Peace and love ✌❤

[@dyuthig9518]

She literally hit the reset button.... Look at the corona pandemic 😅

[@cherriemckinstry131]

@@dyuthig9518 probably .

[@huntingtonbeachsasquatch]

From the way I see it, It's a productive Farm with lots of People that live on it's land.

[@stokey99]

its the free spirit living together that is the difference

[@the_light_writer]

Huntington Beach Sasquatch: *its* land. stokey99: *it's* the free spirit.

[@davidgochenour8376]

Are y’all getting high out their.. not the hard stufff but weed and edibles?

[@jambandbillyd]

Didn't you notice they are running a million dollar business?

[@plutoplatters]

they're gateway drugs that will lead to the hard stuff with many.

[@flywithholyspirit]

It seems to be working if the have done it so well for 40 years. Best wishes.

[@callmeanythingbutlatefordinner]

Actually, it looks like there is really only 1 old hippie couple that has been doing it that long. The rest are just this generation's "fashionista hippies", that will be the next generation of corporate douchebags.

[@codyr7594]

It

[@michaelchristopher2003]

@@callmeanythingbutlatefordinner so true

[@emylienhardt4755]

Being a hippy is a state of mind! How I wish I could b a part of a community like this...ever since I was a child I have dreamed of having a chosen family where we could live and care for one another, to grow together w peace n love n respect.... God speed Live n love eternally

[@merrymerry6216]

Emy Lienhardt I’ve always felt the same!

[@staceykersting705]

So many of us retired folx spend our days in a victory garden or hiking thru the Great North West...we're pretty 'hippie natural', with not many belongings to speak of.

[@citizenY]

Being "Happy" is a state of mind. Bring Hippie is that state of mind in motion.

[@weejatlarge5329]

Oh my god....I’ve owned a pair of their Jesus sandals for years, it’s my favorite pair of shoes! I had no idea this is where they came from I love it

[@tyren763]

i cant believe ive never heard of this place ad i live 2 1/2 hours away, omg im litty rn, ive been lookin for a place like this fr

[@ramlathers8182]

My brother and his wife live on an Island in Southern British Columbia and have been there since the late 1970s. They are part of the small percentage of people who knew what they wanted and were willing to put in the effort required to make it work. They raised a couple of kids that grew up there and spent their childhood in one of the most beautiful places on earth. While it is not a commune situation there are around 10 other families on the island with kids of their own. When they reach school age they have a boat rather than bus that picks the kids up in the morning. I have always envied them but I know how much it takes to live that lifestyle.

[@taiparker8379]

poole's land is what you're talking about.

[@sherieoberkramer1952]

What island?

[@DoomCycle]

The uneducated, close minded haters in these comments are the reason these communities exist

[@matthewscarberry8787]

theChartist so true the hate is why they are there

[@DoomCycle]

Christina Reynolds Is that your only definition of a valuable human being? Someone that invented a life-saving medicine? By that definition you and the majority of the world and your fellow city dwellers are worthless

[@DoomCycle]

Christina Reynolds Also, people have produced their own food clothes and medicine for the majority of the human experience. And it was this way until the corporations that came in and dominated the agricultural production methods that have got us into such an Environmental and health mess. There are some benefits but most would be better off producing and living off their own food and clothing. And if you think these people are hipsters you have no clue what that means - Hipsters are the Exact people you are defending - Non-self reliant City dwellers who try to make themselves appear as anything but a city dweller by growing a beard and wearing trendy threads.

[@DoomCycle]

Christina Reynolds And perhaps most importantly, what’s so great about having 7 billion people on the planet? Oh right, the joys of overpopulation resource depletion poverty crime And a bloated bureaucracy that serves the oligarchy

[@mikeaskme3530]

@Christiana Reynolds, you seem to think that there has always been a need for others to produce your clothing, your feed and your medicine, news flash young lady it was not always like this. I am African American, and my grandparents new what herbs to use for most of the illness they encountered, as did a lot of other people. In fact i would argue its directly the result of the modern world that most dont know how to feed themselves or clothe themselves. If you asked some one to make a loaf of bread from the beginning they would not even know where to start. Oh and having 7 billion people on the planet and prolonging life when life should end is not healthy.

[@Steelhorsecowboy]

I'm glad to see these people have found happiness. I hope they continue to prosper and enjoy life. I like how they refused to be categorized as "hippies" and rejected following a stereotype. I appreciate that some people find their happiness there but I am too much of an individual and selfish to thrive in that environment.

[@jensbaranek8322]

These people look so healthy, look at their skin ... they are eating great and healthy food, and they are relaxed.

[@Kopie0830]

You'll know a place is happy, when the dog is happy.

[@rs5570]

No evidence is presented here that the dog is happy or anyone else.

[@TruthQuest4700]

Works for me! Having spent many years on a farm, I now feel like a fish out of water flopping about aimlessly .....gasping for air! I cannot stand urban living on the grid! I sense a cool change coming on!

[@cartert7325]

Do you know where this place is or how to reach them online or a phone number?

[@pitbullman77]

i hear ya me too

[@corywebb5537]

I feel you, I'm in Alabama and haven't been in that environment for quite a while. But I'm honestly ready to sell everything and find that lifestyle again.

[@corywebb5537]

My dad and grandma live in Grandin Missouri, by Doniphan, right on the edge of the Mark Twain National Forest. This place looks like it's really close to there.

[@hubbysswee]

Kel Collins an intelligent, personal and authentic statement my friend! I hope you’ve begun your journey toward the cool change you so desire.

[@anne-marie3966]

From Vancouver Island......you guys rock! Way to go Jerimah...out in the field looking like a fine "well to do Man" your living the dream and looking rich.

[@taiparker8379]

so you're over by poole's land?

[@AnAmericanGirl4Sure]

Not one person staring at a cell phone. Obesity seems to have missed them, must be doing something right!

[@nitefox4411]

True that. Wait until someone figures out how to put a chip in us to make life better. The sheep of society will be camping out overnight to get one.

[@michaelsmith1094]

Pam, Oh ya tha'ts what I liked about it. In the age of AI,zombies that don't talk to people anymore but to some kind of electromagnetic star wars device, very refreshing.

[@mikeremillard275]

As we type this staring at a screen..........some just need to learn when to put it down.

[@billderinbaja3883]

Well... maybe the guy with the big beard could skip a falafel burger or two. ; )

[@rickjamez7004]

Cause they are all strung out,that's the part u don't hear,my uncle was a hippie

[@durrtybuck8949]

This people will live to survive a global pandemic. Awesome life.

[@bazza12121]

Man alive what id give to live with these guys. I'm a falconer so I work with animal which was always my dream. I homeschool my kids so they don't put up with the crap from school. We are out on the moorland most days learning about foraging especially mushroom and hunting ethically. There are no communes here in the uk unfortunately but maybe one day I'll get across the pond!

[@kevchard5214]

I was hoping a commune from the 60s still exist. Growing up in the 60s this idea of living is part of my belief of how we are suppose to live.

[@DES1GN3R007]

"we dont have bosses" 2 minutes later "i am one of the managers"

[@yourenotcrazy-theworldis1004]

Those are not the same thing at East Wind.

[@trashbasket11]

@@yourenotcrazy-theworldis1004 yes it is lmao y'all have some cognitive dissonance

[@yourenotcrazy-theworldis1004]

@@@trashbasket11 East Wind managers are not the same thing as a boss at a job. Managers have no power to make anyone do anything here. The only real power managers have is control over the budget of their area, and that they can "fire" someone from their area. But in this case firing only means that you can't claim hours in that particular area, which isn't a big deal. It's also something that almost never happens.

[@SteampunkRadio]

I've seen so many communities like this where interpersonal conflicts tear the community apart. It would be interesting for someone to do a large scale study to try to find and determine the variables that successful vs unsuccessful communities possess.

[@glennpowell1838]

Good point Steampunk Radio. Non-violent communication is necessary. Also in my opinion, it helps if you have everyone on the same page spiritually. to agree to certain guidelines when it comes to lifestyle, rituals. I would not want to live in a community with people getting drunk and stoned or who are atheists. Atheism is based on relative truth, so there will always be disagreements. Atheists do not agree to an Absolute truth that they are all accountable to.

[@schlomoshekelstein908]

@@glennpowell1838 lol "I would not want to live in a community with people getting drunk and stoned or who were atheistic" good luck dude, they're all hippie pagans

[@libertine40]

Steampunk Radio What makes it successful is open communication and building trust. Sharing the poz and negative no matter how awful it may be. Just as with *any* type of relationship.

[@glennpowell1838]

@@schlomoshekelstein908 , thank you for wishing me good luck. I find your statement to be a generalization that I would have to return to become a hippie or a pagan. It is possible to have people who realize how becoming intoxicated is an attempt to numb out the pain of trauma of life experiences without actually resolving them, and that such a habit only increases more suffering. I gave up being a "hippie" 44 years ago and chose to become a "happy". Neither am I a "pagan" : a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions." I am a guest speaker in World Religions, specifically in Hinduism, and within that category I have been a practicing devotee of Krishna for 44 years.

[@glennpowell1838]

Great point Steampunk Radio. I thought that this is what was done by Diana Leafe Christian for the past 20 years and that is what her books are about

[@NewLife-qj9mx]

Great video, thank you all

[@sandrashevel2137]

Beautiful community. Many positive energies sent to you all

[@donnajomonson7836]

STOP giving the “hippies” such a bad rap. people label me that cuz I've smoked pot since i was 14. made & wore home made skirts out of tapestries, don’t shave my legs, lived in a tent every summer, grew a garden, fished for trout.washed clothes & body in the Kern River. We did this with 6 to 8 other liked minded friends from 1973 to 1980 every summer we all worked all winter save our money & by April we were head to the mountains (up by Lake Isabella, Ca) i would love to be in a place of such serenity & nature all around..... taking application is what I want to know... It was such a blast... I am totally jealous....

[@tiffanyroseangeles7517]

Wildrose Garden I think you sound like a unique awesome person,I was born in 1961- I love the Woodstock era & Love the hippies & love people that are different not cookie cutter moulds of others....bore me. I dig psychedelic music & minds. I've given up the heavy drug use though. But I'm not against MJ. Though it's illegal in my country You sound chill & nice. Ignore any haters. Not worth any energy.

[@josephlebard4585]

That's good for a girl but what about the boys .

[@kuuphone3193]

People labeled you a hippie because you were a hippie, huh?

[@robertclarkguitar]

I'd be there in a heartbeat. 35 hours a week. Hell that's amazing. The love there must me amazing.

[@biggestbrowneyes]

This is better than living in a car for sure. Some are doing the nomad life style....Best of Luck to all ! Jesus was always moving !

[@tiggernordberg7015]

I love in my van and I wouldn't change it for anything.

[@shombie2737]

@The Guru of Kang 😂👌✌

[@shombie2737]

Jesus didn't have kids

[@naughtyue7284]

jesus wasnt real or a christian. nomad life rules but having a place to stay is great

[@macwelder2012]

I have been looking to do this in Arkansas but that very fact that you have displayed here is what I don't have. Strength in numbers with like minded folk. ❤❤❤

[@junemiller7166]

This is wonderful i love being outside if i could live outside i would and shower and meditate.

[@nobodynobody9057]

I heard Alan Watts describe a hippie as , one who is loose and secure enough , in their skin , to let their hips swing . Someone who is not uptight . Western man wears clothes that press in on the skin , in a way, letting him know he is there . That's why you always see Buddhist in loose clothing. I think the eastern religions had a big influence on bringing , and morphing the concept of hippie to the west .

[@greatbungblaster]

@Josh Renzo that's because that's all you want to see , you suck at life .

[@cl8759]

@Josh Renzo and how many serial killers has mainstream society created? Gun violence is becoming a norm in capitalist society.

[@dontusegenderedlanguage4111]

But hippieism never accomplished any goal. The movement lost all relevancy because they lacked leadership, responsibility and manners. All they did was drugs and party. Doesn't sound like freedom. It's kindergarten for adults. They are definitely not free as they are slaves to ideologies, such as communism and new age.

[@sarachemelowski3904]

I love that! Thanks for sharing this!

[@tetrahedron1000]

@Josh Renzo Hippie culture didn't create Charles Manson. He joined up with them and used certain people for his own ends but that didn't make him a hippy. He didn't believe in the hippy ideal of love and peace and wanted to start a race war. I don't really see the relevance of Charles Manson to this particular commune.

[@kallasusort2986]

Nice to see folks doing good things in this world. Bless you all

[@jimlane975]

This is so amazing! I've always wondered if people were "real." If there was a place that really existed where everyone cared about one another and worked together in a harmonic way of life. This is so incredible it's like a dream...I always wondered if this way of life had long since been forgotten by the self-serving "rat-race" of capitalism pretentiously posing as a "community." How do I contact these wonderful people to enquire about possubly being accepted in this real life community?

[@lilnikletz6102]

They are all hippies, like a bunch of kids they play out in the woods until they really need something then they come home to mommy and daddy. I'm sorry but money equals flexibility, being flexible in life is freedom.

[@kyptokrit1630]

They're still operating as capitalists. There's nothing unique to what they're doing. They operate the same as a rural family but on a larger scale. Just make a family and move out of the city.

[@brand3820]

Hello Jim, if you can make your way to Missouri we would love to have you.Yes, we are real, and we are almost done building a home for a new couple, and we can do the same for you..Please come visit us, stay as long as you like, or stay with us permanently...But no matter what come see for yourself, and you will discover what I think you already know " this is truly home "...Come on...

[@historicalwildcardpodcast3526]

@@brand3820 hey man sounds awesome I'm ganna start my own community and would love to travel down there to see how u guys are doing it first

[@TheLoveMonkey]

@@lilnikletz6102 Money can buy you physical comfort and security but it can't buy you happiness. For that you have to learn to trust that those around you are willing to make sacrifices when you are in need and be willing to make sacrifices for them as well. When you are financially secure, you are never in need. So that trust never has a chance to develop.

[@ashleywatson2007]

I love the people of East Wind!!!! It's absolutely love their sandals!

[@rondal7316]

Poor squirrels , but everyone looks happy and young no stress. Blessings

[@johnboat1917]

Theirs nothing wrong with wanting to be free of capitalism.

[@bluesbrother2678]

They are capitalist in this commune even though they claim they hate it. Capitalism is working to make a living and they all work 35 hrs. a week. Now, if they worked and where forced to support people who don't work then that is Socialism/Communism. They are fooling themselves if they think that they are not capitalist.

[@theguitarerguy]

Blues Brother huh

[@SL-pg4dh]

Blues Brother Stay away from right wing outlets. You have no idea what capitalism, socialism and communism means.

[@duketube100]

its about enjoying nature and life, leaving greed behind you idiot.

[@PS-os6sr]

Blues Brother, Re-read serge's comment.

[@1taxsettlement]

I think Id rather be called a Hippie than "Earthpig"

[@internettoughguy]

I've seen "EarthPig" in another video about another hippie commune. She gets around.

[@TacoJoe70]

earthpig is more fitting

[@naziamajid1772]

Earthling just sounds very wrong!!

[@derrinpickett9948]

I worked with a lady who was an artist. She referred to herself as a Earth Muffin.

[@PeaceChanel]

Peace.. Shalom.. Salam.. Namaste and Thank You for All that you are doing for World Peace.. 🙏🏻 😊 🌈 ✌ 🌷 ☮️ ❤️

[@janepetralba5754]

They spoke truth. Ms. Slavin's statements were particularly eyeopening.

[@gonzalogomez5441]

If we all choose to live like this We will change the world 🌎 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼❤️

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Gonzalo Gomez No. I’m glad I left the rural area. Too constricted and isolating, and close minded. Plus, I like my privacy with only my family, without nosy neighbors being in my business. Plus being outdoors sucked. Sorry to say that, but it raised my stress and since moving to the city, my stress has gone done considerably. I have more things I enjoy doing and I can still be self sufficient and educated. I’m all for self sufficient urban people!

[@PirateKing1256]

Emily Greene Is your life so miserable in the city that you have to put down these peace loving people?

[@Jugg215]

@@EmilyGloeggler7984 you dont like neighbors but moved to the city? That makes no sense.

[@jamalaziz5021]

@@EmilyGloeggler7984 close minded ?? and u say, u just wanna share ur privasi with ur family only. I think that's the opposite

[@pedrolopes3542]

@@jamalaziz5021 you and all the others that commented before you in response to Emily Green are showing that she was right, she gave her opinion about why she prefers the city, and you guys all acted as if she had insulted you personally. just chill.

[@drawstraw4483]

Energy can't be created or destroyed..it just changes through it's survival..

[@melrussell8542]

As I see it this is truely American in that people are at liberty to choose this lifestyle and it is capitalist proving that capitalism does not necessarily equal greed. Its hard work and dedication that any successful company or endeavour need

[@lullabi3234]

amen Mel.

[@lullabi3234]

@Grant McDaniel "greed" is a byproduct of Individual's with Needs. Part of the HUMAN CONDITION. It is actually kept in CHECK through the Capitalist system, where someone offering a product which Harms or doesn't BENEFIT the Community, FAILS. We have a SICK corruption of a market system, which barely constitutes as Capitalist when examined. A healthy Capitalist Market has Social Responsibility BUILT IN to it.

[@joshsternadel7380]

@@lullabi3234 Capitalism left unchecked, or worse yet, governed by "corrupt" individuals will always lead to greed. How else do you explain the mess we call an economy now? A true healthy capitalist market wouldn't allow for the invention of credit on a mass scale. If you remove the concept of credit or at least reduce to only big ticket items then I could see how the market has social responsibility somewhat built in. If the majority of goods and services must be purchased with actual dollars then the producers would be more inclined to ensure their workers are paid adequately.

[@ctrlaltdebug]

Josh Sternadel no small group of people governs a capitalist economy. When the businesses are directed by the government, it's called fascism. Yes, fascism is corrupt and it eventually collapses. Capitalism is governed by the profit incentives where in order to sell a product, you need to be of service to many people.

[@TheEnd-ci9wb]

Funny I stumbled on this video as I am getting ready to move from Kansas after being in one place for almost 46 years to kearney mo. Me and my dog. I have looked for a commune for a long time but I guess I didn't ask google right. I'm so super excited that I found this and of all places on youtube When I wasn't looking.

[@jaredbackus1416]

It was no mistake friend. That was God. The HOLY Spirit was working. There are no coincidence.

[@jaredbackus1416]

Maybe I'll see you there

[@TheEnd-ci9wb]

The only thing that doesn't have me looking into it more is my dog. He isnt always friendly and I cant give him up

[@krystalborgman]

I think that this is really awesomeness. What a wonderful opportunity and the freedom to exist in peacefulness.♥️🌈✝️🧡🎶💜🙏🏽💛🙏👣😊💚🌿💐🌷

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

I'm from St.Louis , Good to see East Wind community Capitalizing :) QC

[@markmeyer6800]

I’ve known the earth was living since I was around 7. Makes no sense why a 100 year old should say the earth is not alive?

[@hunibuni]

@wulfgar3000 he's telling the truth.

[@jennief7114]

Capitalism/Free Market is how they are surviving! They share by choice, not by force of the government. Good for them.

[@alansmlth7989]

IT IS STILL CAPITALISM! Don't you get it? They are work, work, working under the poverty line, while the ones at the top are making the millions and own it all including the land, how is this right? I pray that they all see the light of what's really going on!

[@jennief7114]

@@alansmlth7989 Not sure what your point is. My first words were they are surviving on Capitalism. If they want to live in a community such as this, thank God for America that they are able. Just don't force me or the rest of America to.

[@lullabi3234]

@@alansmlth7989 nothing wrong with some people getting MORE when they contribute something that MORE people need or want. capitalism isn't the enemy. a broken market, where people profit by HARMING or DEPRIVING their community (like "financial assets" which contribute NOTHING to a society) is a problem. In a "Healthy" market, harming those who SUPPORT your "product" (by BUYING it) would result in the FAILURE of your enterprise. "Socially Responsible" is BUILT IN to a Healthy market.

[@filianablanxart8305]

It's an employee owned multi million dollar agribusiness . Nothing wrong with that . And apparently rather successful at their entrepreneurial ( aka Capitalist ) efforts . Nothing wrong with that . They choose to essentially work half a work week ( 35hrs = economically productive work + cumulative of everyday chores and routine tasks . Wild aproximation = 20hr "work" , 15hr all the stuff mundane people do before & after work . ) In lieu of salary beyond pocket money , get free room & board, health care, lots of leisure time, and laid back rural lifestyle . It's a choice , works for them . But it's underwritten by the profit's of their nut product business, handicrafts, etc being successful entrepreneurs ( aka Capitalists ). If you could hypothetically turn back the clock to pure subsistence agriculture , they would be working hard sunup to sundown everyday , and a bad crop would have people going hungry .

[@SpadaccinoLuciano]

Oh it's so cute when you inbreds pretend you're not politically illiterate.

[@klex6009]

Humans helping humans take advantage of animals. Very communal. Much impressed

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Liberty: Living free as you please, doing no harm to others or the Earth, helping others as we can. Travel and enjoying the natural world. Learning and Exploring at your own pace... Reading books, walking in the forests and on the beaches. Loving everyone, Loving Life. Being grateful just to exist. Thank you world ! Thank you sun ! Thank you everyone else for being alive and living free ! :-)

[@cminor99]

You guys are beautiful and I wish you well!

[@lesleymurphy2578]

Don't forget the girls!

[@cminor99]

Well, I meant all of you - such a great way to live!

[@ActionableFreedom]

You guys are cool. Of course the documentary doesn't show everything but I find that too many of these communities have too weird specifics, sometimes cult like rules and rigid ideologies. I like that you seem to be basing it on income sharing and mutuallism and that's it. I mean I'm sure a rabid racist wouldn't fit in well but it seems you are more based on the idea of a practical and free way of life than on anything else.

[@ActionableFreedom]

Well it would be hard for a community like this which is based on mutual co-operation to function properly if someone disliked someone because of the color of their skin and thus distrusted them and what not.

[@euphenasiusamdignemon5375]

@John Sowers Same here! We need ethno communes

[@tonyray5125]

I work mostly so i can have money to help those i love and those in need. Liberty to me means the freedom to be who you want.

[@naughtyue7284]

Tony Ray well said

[@moniquaalea]

I have never seen so many like minded people! I love this so much, would live to visit!

[@kt6332]

Wow! Not what I expected. Thanks!

[@cheeeez]

"im not a hippie" says people named sage, 22 and earthpig.....

[@MrMAC8964]

Yeh ,Earthpig with a rifle huntin squirrel ! lol Nothin wrong with these folks .

[@sdever]

Maybe it's because I am cynical as hell but I always assume there is something sinister lurking just under the surface of these too good to be true communities.

[@seantracey7857]

Jonestown MO lmfao

[@jeffreywood9459]

@@seantracey7857 you guys are idiots lol. There is something out of place... me lol

[@naughtyue7284]

i had a bad experience at the slabs and it gets a bad rap. however i feel lack of communication and desperation have a lot to do with the conflicts. heres to all of those that actually make an effort to try

[@kezza10mail]

yeah the need to love, truly sinister

[@ardalla535]

In the case of East Wind, there's not. Nothing sinister there going on, but most members leave after a while. I remember one of the founders said, "I don't wanna spend the rest of my life at the end of dirt road in the Ozarks." Then she was gone.

[@ianrsigel]

The Amish are the only ones who truly made communal living viable. Yet even they recognize that their lifestyle is not for everyone and frequently watch as their grown children leave the community for city life.

[@porkchopspapi5757]

This place looks pretty viable.

[@marklafollett4033]

I would love to live there. What a great way of life. The way it should be.

[@hero2006]

All I can say is WOW. I love this community. I only wish that there were thousands more.

[@porkchopspapi5757]

There are. All over the U.S & world.

[@janiceharden5371]

Liberty and free living to me is loving God and having free time to explore this world I am created in.

[@baronsaturday2103]

We all should be living like this, it would make the world a lot friendlier.

[@AikawaMartialArts]

Modern life is sick and unsustainable I could not agree more

[@SusiesRepeat]

After 5 years you will probably not see my reply. However it’s taken me 75 years to agree with you. Most of the life was living in a cities 100,000 plus people. I now life semi rural and hate everything about that way of life.

[@Doyle18able]

Without the few. The many can't exist.

[@shamirkeren3954]

thank you.i wish you grace,and good luck.

[@mildredchester]

They must have had an initial investment to purchase land, building materials. etc. And they have health care and insurance, which means they haven't rejected the system . So I wouldn't call this a social revolution. Good for them though. They should write a book on the history of the community.

[@ardalla535]

They were originally in Boston where they had jobs and saved up enough buy cheap land in the Ozarks. All those original people are long since gone. Debra was one of the originals, but she left and came back much later.

[@chickenjuice4841]

Not a revolution, an evolution

[@curtn7076]

This is practicing capitalism... in a group with democraticly elected "managers".. the difference is it's small enough to not to be corrupt.

[@lullabi3234]

amen. more people are getting the message! Keep Speaking Up! 💖

[@nitefox4411]

EXACTLY!!!

[@commentsectionuser577]

If this was practicing capitalism this would be participating in the larger market. This is a commune, a cooperative. There is no competition. Everyone works for the common good.

[@gnosis2871]

Given that the means of production are owned and managed by the people who work them, it is socialism.

[@jasonruggen1511]

@@commentsectionuser577 untrue. They are selling goods to an outside wider market place. They sell to consumers.

[@thehappyhandler827]

"earth pig" lol my god

[@kidsister316]

gotta be in reference to her chinese birth year?

[@TheFunkybert]

If they keep the community capped at a certain population it will work long term.. which will be needed in multiple communities moving forward or encroachment and mismanagement will hinder the potential.. blessing for all these people do. Inspiring many..

[@yetty4032]

Happy to know some of people r lucky to find the peaceful path ❤❤❤❤❤❤ .I m living very very far from this paradijs. Wonderful people .I hope and wish for everyone everyone .God bless

[@rdkuless]

why don't you make raw nut cheeze... nuts can be soaked, rinsed, blended with a little water, add probiotics (just like dairy cheese) and wrap it in cheese cloth and let culture at 85* -105* for 5-6 days. Wahlah... nut cheeze...

[@raybowers3670]

Smegma.

[@tuberose4601]

semen

[@raybowers3670]

@Robert Whittle he obviously only likes to eat it fresh from the source. Hand and homemade only.

[@Applecider-Poetry]

they have a ton of cream from their milk cows...which beats eating them by far.

[@rylinmariel6431]

Cathy Smith they also eat their cows.

[@mikelynch7271]

You’re definitely Not the “1st Black Hippie “ bru don’t worry bout that .

[@ezrael6795]

Facts we all know Absoul is

[@whatabouttheearth]

Hahahahaha there we're tons and still are many

[@debbiebousquet5677]

1st off u do not need fancy cars an big house's an lots of money in life to b Happy.... I live in a tent in the woods just me an my dog.... 3 yrs now.... Ive nevr been happier.... I cook outside a have a garden. But it didnt make it thru the heat. Of the south .. An i haul my own water.... I could t haul enough for the garden....

[@c.i.m.1600]

Howdy, I've been considering a tent as a second option. 👍

[@marytitus2874]

13:55 Earth Pig is one of the best names lol

[@wolfhausdillard8739]

I live about 17 miles from East Wind, in my own little chunk of the Ozarks, there are many of us out here, that don't live in these kinds of communities, but with these kind of lifestyles and ethics. Once you figure out, that money isn't everything, the world gets exponentially easier. I find it so sad, that greed, has become the mindset of humanity. As for me and my chickens, we'll just keep on keeping on....

[@Povhc]

"Once you figure out, that money is everything" Is that typo or you meant it like that?

[@wolfhausdillard8739]

@@Povhc it's a typo, or rather an omission of isn't...

[@wolfhausdillard8739]

@@Povhc now corrected..thanks..

[@Povhc]

@@wolfhausdillard8739 Ah, good.

[@bobsvanlife8628]

Outside of 2 people with gray hair everyone was young. If so successful for 40 years where’s the older people?

[@rootlady5934]

@Seraph909 what the hell does that mean!?😳

[@jenniferrsmith2012]

Being in existence for 40 yrs isn’t evidence of success? Wtf is wrong with you?

[@worthweant6993]

Yes I noticed that to! I'm 58? Great question?

[@hunibuni]

I also want to know if there are more children.

[@rhikerhay2732]

@@rootlady5934 cannibal

[@ginab.6424]

Cool but they are reaping the benefits of capitalism that is what is making their business successful - they just choose to spend and live off the profits differently. Good for them this is sweet

[@lullabi3234]

nothing wrong with capitalism, just with swapping out Human Values in exchange for Profits. It's a shame so many have blamed capitalism for the faults caused by greed.

[@helloly]

The beginning about the butterfly and tree was great though

[@hrafenkell3838]

capitalism is bad, let’s not defend it .

[@davidgraham2673]

@@hrafenkell3838 , That's simply ridiculous.

[@BonejanglesTV]

Markets are not inherently bad. If all businesses were run like this, with the workers in control of their own production, then we could have a market economy not run by greed and motivated by selfish gain.

[@nonamerocks2807]

I want to sell my house and move to East Wins! That is how to save the US! This is encouraging! You all had me crying, we’ have moved so far from base values, the value of reaping what you sow. Not metaphorically , actually!

[@putheflamesou]

crying indeed.........like a deprogramming

[@patsycav]

It looks like the Garden of Eden. So many monarch butterflies. Such a good sign. I would like to live there. It seems I have missed the boat. Being over eighty, not many options. So sad. Wish I were young again and knew about this. I would jump in. God bless all of you.

[@BorntobeWild.]

I think that what makes them successful is their small size ( 73 ppl) and the fact that they all wants the same thing for the most part. Each one is willing to change themselves to benefit the rest. I think that if more people where to go into the community they would probably not be sustainable for long. I wish them the best.

[@janedoe-dy3rr]

We are all sovereign beings. We are born as such. If we ever give that up, it is out of choice. We can, of course, choose to take it back.