It is fascinating to read this wiki article on the inner workings of kibbutz. Through the various experiments that were carried out over in Israel, we can learn what things did/did not work and learn much about why our own attempts at consecration have not been successful.
Lessons learned from that will help ease the transition into the Millennial model of Consecration.
It WILL be implemented, if only by force of circumstance (and not direct force). Times will be interesting, here shortly:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz
The kibbutz works on the principle of communalism, or communism. This is not the same as the Millennial mode of consecration.
ReplyDeleteJ. Reuben Clark and Marion G. Romney -- both of whom were in the LDS church's First Presidency at different times-- both studied the principle extensively. Here is one thing Elder Clark clarified:
"President J. Reuben Clark Jr. explained: “The fundamental principle of this system was the private ownership of property. Each man owned his portion, or inheritance, or stewardship, with an absolute title, which he could alienate, or hypothecate, or otherwise treat as his own. The Church did not own all of the property, and the life under the United Order was not a communal life. … The United Order is an individualistic system, not a communal system.” (In Conference Report, Oct. 1942, p. 57.)
Also see this link: https://www.lds.org/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-student-manual/section-50-59/section-51-bishop-edward-partridge-and-the-law-of-consecration?lang=eng
And Appendix L of the same manual.