In reality, no true community ever existed. None that I have heard of. At inception, community may tend towards peaceful co-existence but drift away from the true vision of the founders. There can't be equality, equity, fairness and equal distribution of wealth, hence there can't be a true community.
That's my perspective though.
@dreemport led me here.
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Your definition of community guarantees there will be no true community.
Communities are like families in that they are a group of people who come together and work together for the common good. Will it be fairness and equality for all? No.
The reality is that not everyone will put equal effort in and not all will want to take more out. There is a diversity of people and a diversity of how they live in community.
Will there be no conflict? Of course not. There will always be conflict. Community is not as much about the absence of conflict as it is about how conflict is dealt with while being stronger for it.
Community is what you make it. If you want to make it an unattainable ideal, then there will be no community. Or, you can have the ideal, strive for it while accepting the diversity of people for good and bad as well as accepting there will be ups and downs. It's the nature of people.
I understand your perspective and I may want to agree with you but don't you think we're our own problem for not having a true community?
Yes we are. Humans have not been fair in the operations of the community rules and the communities we find ourselves have been torn apart by our disagreements and corrupt practices like selfishness.
Exactly, thanks for stopping by