The Israeli Experiments in Voluntary Communism
When Zionism rose to prominence in the Jewish world, many thought voluntary socialism and Zionism were a perfect match. The mass immigration to Palestine would create an opportunity to build a utopian socialist society from scratch. By the 1980s, however, the "Kubbitzim" had devolved into financially insolvent, privilege-weilding special interest groups relying on state power for their continued existence.