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“You can’t take off with people’s children without expecting a violent reaction.”

—Jim Jones

The children of Jonestown were raised communally. Everyone had responsibility for each of them. They were “our” children. Because of the structure, the children were communally owned. Since Jonestown was built on the idea that the children would eventually carry on the community’s ideals, the residents had no ability to deal with children leaving. It felt like the future was leaving. I believe this is one of the reasons the community reacted so violently. Children are never owned. The people of Jonestown forgot that. Children are the future. There is no future when children are enslaved to the constructed ideals of the present. Children must be free to engage the future. If children are not free . . . you can expect violence.

Amen.

Jim Jones: And, that’s not so unfamiliar to us, either, even if we were Judeo-Christian, even if we weren’t Communists.