Talk That "the Commune Is a Scam" Is Pressure We Must Endure for a Long Time

A small number of aid recipients have spoken up on the forum or in their social feeds to support the Commune. These statements are extremely important to the Commune—thank you very much.

But we have observed that some of these accounts, in describing their journey of understanding the Commune, mention that they previously distrusted it or half-believed in it, and only after receiving mutual aid did they realize the Commune is real and not a scam.

This is precisely the difficulty of what we do: because those who receive aid are after all a minority, most people will remain in long-term doubt about the Commune.

This is also the pressure the Commune must face over a very long period. It is determined by the inherent characteristics of the mutual aid model. As long as people's awareness of mutual aid is not widespread, this pressure will persist for a long time.