RSU Theory: Anarcho-Primitivism 1

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[VeganJessica]

what is this guys name? is this kevin tucker?

[SanguineBullet667]

funny ... because the lights, the table (metal, plastics), the very building he is in, his clothing, are all thanks to big business. have fun living feral amongst the bear feces. I'll take anarcho-capitalism TYVM

[SSTTEEAALLTTHH]

@wildnites558

What does this have to do wth never getting a job. Why is that a bad thing anyway. I'm no anarcho-primitivist, but isn't it sad that people are forced to work just so they can pay taxes and buy necessities to survive?

[ButherLi55ett]

"Marxists believe communist society must be organised and enforced through the state". No they don't. Not sure if he's taking a shot at all the Stalinists in the audience or he's cynically equating Marxism and communism with Stalinism.

[DamiaanVDW]

@wildnites558 a very amusing generalisation. and no more than a generalisation.

[wildnites558]

I guarantee you that the whole "primintivist movement" is made up of college students and stoners -- and maybe a handfull of ponytailed, 60-something hippies from Haight-Ashbury or the SDS that serve as its 'leaders'. Yeah, we'd all like to stay at home with our folks, never get a job and get high all day and just write off civilization as some kind of mutation that was nothing more than a weird accident. Hmm, the "primitivists" really do like the comforts of modern civilization don't they?

[FeralKimchi]

@rfavro The northwest coastal societies had slavery and hierarchy because of their abundance of food, so they were sort of an exception. Generally speaking the more a society is dependent on agriculture (and surplus) the more social stratification and hierarchy they had. I think the speaker is speaking specifically about hunter-gatherer and horticultural societies. If you look at hunter-gatherer societies, and to a lesser extend horticultural societies they were definitely very egalitarian.

[rfavro]

Aboriginal societies were FAR from ideal, just look up this book on Google Books: Aboriginal slavery on the Northwest Coast of North America. Aboriginal societies had slavery and strong hierarchies. The Totem Pole is a symbol of hierarchical society with the "low man on the Totem pole" representing a slave.

[rfavro]

Hah, bullshit that aboriginal peoples were totally cooperative. Groups tried to exterminate one another, the Hurons and Algonquins in what is now Canada worked with colonial powers to try to kill off one another. I'm completely sympathetic to aboriginals, I have a part-aboriginal girlfriend. But this is bullshit.

[jaquefois]

@GMoneyStilTippin420, congratulations my anarcho-gangsta friend, you have officially mastered the art of ad-hominem.