(I realize I'm preaching to the choir by posting this here. But I figure it's good to post it regardless.)
Recently, Scott Alexander gave a list of tight-knit communities with strong values:
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- The Amish: They live apart in tight-knit communities with strong countercultural values, and carefully control their technological and ideological environment. 10/10.
- Cults and communes: Any cult mature enough to have its own compound, or any communal living project, has succeeded almost as thoroughly as the Amish. We may not support their insane religious beliefs, or the various sex crimes they are no doubt committing, but they have succeeded at Fukuyama’s suggestion of knitting themselves a new god within the liberal order. 9.5/10.
- Ultra-Orthodox Jews
