Imagine No Possession

A place like no other in the whole world. A real cooperative community, where there is no rule, everyone does only what they want. For almost 50 years. 40 years later I return to Samar, the settlement we built in the Israeli desert. We dreamt of building a community in which there is real partnership, in which there is maximal personal freedom. We imagined a better place than anything we knew. I meet old friends and new members. The cashbox, which at the time was a wooden box, turned into a common bank account with 100 credit cards.  Each member still decides about everything according to his or her own conscience. The settlement suffers from economic crisis which brings up tensions concerning the continuation of the system. The surprise that the idea we conceived still works is replaced by curiosity, even worry. Will expenses be limited? How long will this miraculous mode of living go on?