Economy
The kibbutz's main source of income is the Teldor Cables and Wires factory. Other sources include agriculture, a pet clinic for injured dogs and cats in need of treatment (closed in 2009 due to lack of funding), Dorli, the Refet (cow farm) and the Stables, which houses several horses. Ein Dor also houses the Boneh section of the english speaking portion of the progressive labor-zionist youth movement Habonim Dror's gap year in israel. Participants live on the kibbutz for up to four months at a time.
Ein Dor members voted in 2003 to privatise the kibbutz. This meant moving the ideological approach of the kibbutz away from its original socialist principles of equality, collectivism and the Marxist ideal of "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need", which the kibbutz started up with. Instead, Ein Dor now holds mostly capitalist ideals, such as profit motivation and private ownership, and social equality now generally takes a back seat to improving the financial standing of the average person.
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