What I find so interesting about these two authors is that they both focus on the lack of natural investment not just within our economy, but our society as a whole. Reece notes in the final pages of his book that even though these communes may not have succeeded in terms of length, they succeeded in other aspects that many would deem much more important. These communities were able to create a society that was so different from what we see today in that, for example, they work for the value of it and don’t cut ties with their environment for the purpose of profit. Similar to this, Thoreau focused on people getting back in touch with their natural environment and aiming for a life without the material aspects we deem so important within today’s society.
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