Oneida Community - Wikipedia
The Oneida Community was a perfectionist religious communal society founded by John Humphrey Noyes and his followers in 1848 near Oneida, New York.
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Starts in a commune, ends in capitalism. A microcosm of our civilization.
Yeah, that was very surprising. We had that stuff growing up and it was in a few restaurants I worked in.
Weird religious group, invents a new kind of leg hold trap, lets women have autonomy (mostly), pioneers Edging, promotes eugenics, becomes the largest cutlery company in the u.s.
Weird-ass cults gonna weird-ass cult.