This town is a little utopia in the middle of nowhere 這個城鎮是荒野之中的烏托邦


There’s no police, no crime, and no unemployment in the remote town of Marinaleda in Andalusia, one of the poorest regions in Spain. Only a couple of thousand people live here, and yet they managed to build their very own ’social-democratic utopia.’
安達魯西亞自治區遙遠的城鎮馬里納萊達，在那裡沒有警察、沒有犯罪、也沒有失業人口，是西班牙最貧窮的區域之一，只有幾千名人口居住在那裡，但他們成功地創造了屬於他們的「社會民主烏托邦」。


Most of this became possible thanks to the local mayor, Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo. In 2008, when the country was going through a turbulent financial crisis, Gordillo organized raids on supermarkets and then redistributed wealth to the poor: oil, rice, beans were given for free to those who couldn’t afford them.
這一切幾乎都要歸功於當地的市長Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo，在2008年，當國家處於動盪的金融危機時，Gordillo規劃徵收超市，接著將財產重新分配給窮人：油、米、豆子都免費提供給那些無法負擔的人。


Gordillo has been to jail seven times, went on marches and mass hunger strikes, and after 12 years of persistent struggle he became the mayor and the main creator of a self-described social-democratic utopia. He has built a town where there is enough food and other necessities for everyone.
Gordillo坐過七次牢，歷經了示威遊行和大規模絕食抗議，在堅持不懈地奮鬥12年後，他成為了市長和自喻為社會民主烏托邦的創造者，建立了一個讓每個人都有足夠食物和必需品的城鎮。


There is now a farmers’ co-operative, which employs almost all of the villagers. Profit is divided equally among them, so their monthly wages come to about 1,200 euros ($1,600) per person.
現在這裡有一個農夫的合作機構，幾乎所有村民都被雇用，大家平均分配利潤，所以每個人的月薪為約1,200歐元(1,600美元)。


All of those who’d like to build their own house can do so for free. There is a spacious allowance of 192 square meters per family, and materials and qualified workers are provided by the town hall.
所有想要蓋屬於自己房子的那些人都能夠免費做到這件事，鎮公所提供給每個家庭192平方公尺的寬裕配額，以及原料和專業工人。


The only condition is that after construction, families pay 15 euros per month for the rest of their lives, with the agreement that the house cannot be sold for private gain.
唯一的條款是，在建造後每個家庭在餘生中每個月都必須支付15歐元，也不能為了私人利益而販售房子。

The mayor, Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo
市長Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo
’We need to rethink our values, the consumer society, and the value we place on money, selfishness and individualism,’ says Gordillo. ’Marinaleda is a small example, and we want this experience to extend throughout the world.’
Gordillo說：「我們要重新思考我們的價值、消費社會以及我們賦予金錢、自私和個人主義的價值。」馬里納萊達是一個微小的例子，我們希望把這個經驗傳達到全世界。

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