| Re: Builders of Zion [message #3830 is a reply to message #1969] |
Wed, 15 April 2020 18:36  |
Ziontist
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Excellent thoughts, scootd28!
I could write for hours on the topic, but I'll be brief (it's nearly dinner time!).
Early Utah LDS leaders taught that "cooperation is a stepping stone to Zion". By "cooperation" they were referring to the organizing of Capital and Labor into cooperatives, where the workers owned the companies and benefited directly from the profits. Few are aware that in the 1870s in Utah, nearly everyone who had a job worked in a co-op. The leaders saw this as a step towards a Zion society.
To them "pure in heart" meant that you were willing to work for the benefit of the community and not just so you could have a big house, a nice car, and go on cooler vacations than your neighbor.
Lorenzo Snow, as Stake President, converted the entire town of Brigham City into a cooperative community where everyone worked for one of 40 or so co-ops. Brigham Young applauded his efforts and tried to replicate it throughout all their settlements.
My main point: IF cooperation is a stepping stone to Zion, shouldn't we LDS be building all sorts of cooperatives? and creating cooperative communities?
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