All discussions of the dangers of too much emphasis on autonomy and self-sufficiency should take place with a backdrop of shrieking children scooting by on trikes, eating ice cream, and jumping off the platform they’ve built with the outdoor stacking blocks that the Bruderhof make in their community factory.
I had the pleasure of being part of a symposium of writers on post-liberalism/illiberalism at the Bruderhof community in upstate New York. Below, you can find a short interview I did about the weekend with Alina from the Bruderhof community.