In my current ploy to expose the absurdity around me I feel the need to further reference the only existing unexpendable resource know to exist, that is the parody surrounding the world view of your everyday liberal arts students (i.e. my peers).
Freegans:
This is the dumbest thing I have heard since decommodifying agriculture... maybe dumber.
let me quote from freegan.info.
"Freegans are people who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources. Freegans embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed."
So... basically you are a drain on society and you disperse the weight of your existence onto other hard working people. Believe me your foot print isn't erased, it is just carried. Real moral of you. If you want to be a voluntary hobo, by all means go ahead, but if you want to make it into a movement that is labeled with philanthropy then I'm'a come after ya. "Making a difference" doesn't come from running into the hills. Even in something as hippie as yoga they discourage this by saying the yogi who wants to live in the Himalayas and bask in the glory of god is selfish because change comes from action taken from within the society not from a hobo on the outside.
The story I am referencing comes from the book "Autobiography of a Yogi." They don't actually mention hobo's but it's kind of the same thing.
If you want to enact change become an entrepreneur and make your business change. I am not saying people would buy your product, even yogi's would be against it, but at least you would be supporting yourself instead of piggybacking as a burden/drain on society.
Hope I didn't upset the freegan mafia of pacifist dead-weights.
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