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There is a shift in mindset that you have to have living in one of these places. I live in a neighboring commune, so I won't speak for them directly, but we have a music room full of all kinds of instruments and a budget for buying new ones. Not everything you want has to come out of your personal fund. True you won't be able to buy as many expensive personal guitars as you are accustomed to, but you will have access to a larger pool of funds that can be used to buy communal property and you just have to talk with other people to decide how to spend it. It's up to you whether that trade-off is worth it.

It's organized as a 501 (d), if you want to look further into how it works. I don't know the specifics, but everyone reports a dividend on their taxes, their share of the "company". It's not an income tax, but they are taxed.

r/loveline has been a bit stagnant lately, let's get some fresh blood in there!

That's a very Russian joke.

Most of the people who move to places like this are ideologically motivated. They do the hard jobs because they need to get done and they want the project to succeed. There is also a wide range of what kinds of work people prefer to do. Some people are horrified by being stuck inside on a computer all day and would prefer to be sweating in the sun.