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The Amish have rigid hierarchies. People who are drawn to communes frequently don't want to live with rigid hierarchies.

Amish culture is not all that different than general American culture structurally. Communes are.

The Amish aren't getting a lot of recruits, so the folks that are there were born, raised, and indoctrinated, which also helps with sticking.




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