From: "Dave Coull" <coull2-AT-btinternet.com> Subject: RE: primitivism and anarchism Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 16:33:43 -0000 Matt writes > the definition i've always seen thrown around for "lifestyle anarchist" > is someone who squats/dumpsters/travels/shoplifts etc but doesn't > really do any organizing. My understanding of the term would be that a "lifestyle anarchist" is somebody who tends to be a bit cut off from the working class and from the class struggle, and so, consequently, from the hope that this struggle will lead to a new society; and so they give a higher priority to living a particular kind of "anarchic" lifestyle within this society. They may do some organising, but the kind of organising they do will be oriented towards creating "dropout" enclaves _within_ this society, rather than class-struggle oriented organising with the aim of overthrowing this society. I have taken part in squats, but I do not fit the description "lifestyle anarchist". My American wife tells me that a "dumpster" is the American term for a skip. Well, I have furnished several houses out of the contents of skips, but I do not fit the description of a "lifestyle anarchist". As for "travels", who doesn't? As for "shoplifts", who hasn't? Dave C
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