Social Utopia: The Kibbutz Adapts to Capitalism

Series: How Societies Work - A Look at Unconvential Arrangements

Story by: Yermi Brenner
Summary

Until the 1980s, the Kibbutzim lived according to the values installed by the founders' generation, despite Israel's economy turning to Capitalism. Now, almost all the Kibbutzim have financially collapsed, abandoned the values of their founders, and are now in different stages of privatization process.

 

Discussion

  •   Yermi Brenner

    Text about this video report can be found in my Huffington Post Blog: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yermi-brenner/kibbutz-experiment-is-100_b_522465.html

    03 Apr 2010
      Olga Behar

    Nice, real, and somehow, sad story.

    25 Dec 2009