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James Farmer of CORE (Congress Of Racial Equality)

while Martin Luther King and them were fighting it out

James Farmer visited us at the community
I recall him being uncomfortable
I think the reason is, after many years thinking about it
the main thrust of the people down there was economic
the main hope of poor people and everyone else was the way you make a living

and they came up with this idea of intentional community
from each according to his ability, to each according to his need kind of thing

and they realized that required an incredible commitment

entailed a lot of other things-- that you couldn't do it on the backs of anyone else

it was from this standpoint we operated from
never talked about it

my guess is he was thrown off by this, had never run across this

who had a pretty elemental view