Submitted by lumpentroll (not verified) on Wed, 01/27/2021 - 17:18
heh! poole's land did NOT "work well", where the hell did you hear that?
not to jump all over one tiny little example you gave but I happen to know a bit about that place and this sort of when-viewed-from-afar effect is exactly how these things go in my experience.
I could tell you a bunch of the same old stories about naive hippy nonsense and takeover by petty gangsters who want to turn things in to a racket for themselves but we all know the stories already. It's just grim survival stories ... often with a wealthy benefactor who takes a very hands-off approach until things get pretty crazy.
heh! poole's land did NOT "work well", where the hell did you hear that?
not to jump all over one tiny little example you gave but I happen to know a bit about that place and this sort of when-viewed-from-afar effect is exactly how these things go in my experience.
I could tell you a bunch of the same old stories about naive hippy nonsense and takeover by petty gangsters who want to turn things in to a racket for themselves but we all know the stories already. It's just grim survival stories ... often with a wealthy benefactor who takes a very hands-off approach until things get pretty crazy.