Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 21:55:28 -0600
From: Chuck0 <chuck-AT-mutualaid.org>
Subject: Re: primitivism and anarchism


Ali Kazmi wrote:

> The only primitivist I will listen to is one who has
> lived in primitive areas, not people who think
> bicycling to work is being primitive. I have seen some
> of the most primitive areas in Afghanistan, Pakistan
> and India, interior villages of Somalia. I have seen
> the hardship and suffering of their daily life. You
> have not. Think about who the fantasist is.

I don't think that primitivists are talking about so-called "primitive" 
villages that currently exist in the Global South.

Then again, I sometimes wonder if some of you bother to read what people 
write before engaging in strawman arguments.

Chuck0