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I feel like the people who are complaining that he stole aren't really getting it. Sure, he stole - and that's a bad thing because he took something that someo
by patientplatypus 7y ago
I feel like the people who are complaining that he stole aren't really getting it.
Sure, he stole - and that's a bad thing because he took something that someone else worked hard to get. That's unfair.
On the other hand, there's no real way to "really" drop out of society. If you deal with money at all you have to pay taxes, live in a house. Even as a wood cutter in the Alaskan wilderness or some such you still have to own and pay for a truck. Being homeless is a hugely social thing as you have to live in a city and beg - and everyone hates you. Even as a pure hunter there's not enough natural wilderness to support that, and you can't exactly hunt on land you don't own.
So yeah, the people he stole from didn't agree to have their things taken. He (and I for that matter) didn't really agree to this whole society thing either.
- badpun 7y agoThe are plenty of options for dropping out of society. Siberia for example is millions of square kilometers of wilderness where you won't be bothered. It's not populated because the conditions for farming are bad: the soil is not suitable and the climate is not ideal - but it should be ok for a hunter-gatherer.