Friday 10 August 2007

Classic kibbutz moment

In 1974, I worked on a kibbutz for six months. At the end of that time, I experienced something that sums up the old kibbutz movement.
I was told that because I had been there six months, I was entitled to draw the ration of casual clothes, to keep as my own. (Work clothes were already given out, and were taken in each week for washing. You didn't get the same ones back.)
So I did as I was told and turned up to the laundry. A shipment of casual trousers and shirts had been brought in and were laid out on the tables and shelves.
All the kibbutz boys (handsome, athletic) and girls (curvy, long-haired) aged between 18 and 25 seemed to be there. They were undressing and trying on the various shirts and jeans.
I did the same, and eventually selected a dark-blue pair of jeans and a smart shirt.
I signed for them and left. No money changed hands.

So, that's everyday socialism. You get what you need, by right of residence and working.

But also, you select from the management's choice, when they choose to give you one. You don't get cash instead, to go to spend it where you want.

So that's the original kibbutz moment.

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