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I read the whole thing and I think that the grandparent comment is pretty accurate. Consider the methods he suggests for retaining shelter: * Squatting. * Couc
by ianferrel 17y ago
I read the whole thing and I think that the grandparent comment is pretty accurate.
Consider the methods he suggests for retaining shelter:
* Squatting.
* Couch-surfing.
* Living in his car.
* Buying some out-of-the-way land and building a house on it (which, you note, he hasn't actually done).
Two of those are blatant parasitism, the third is borderline tragedy of the commons material, and the last one appears to support the institutions he claims makes you an "idiot" for supporting. I'm sure that his friends and family that he's stayed with enjoy being called "idiots" for buying into the whole concept of property and having couches to lend.
There's nothing wrong with dumpster diving or couch surfing, but it's pretty arrogant to claim that doing so and rejecting conventional social order is the measure of an enlightened mind, when neither dumpster contents nor couch would exist without that order.
His response to criticism appears to be mainly sophistry and further reiteration of the "property is theft" meme.
- abefortas 17y agoI think his message was mostly about how he is more free to use his time as he chooses, which seems like a noble goal to me, although I have my doubts about how well "dropping out" as he has done accomplishes this. Also, calling the statement "property is theft" a meme does not make it untrue.
- colanderman 17y agoHe has in fact bought land: http://ranprieur.com/me/land.html http://ranprieur.com/me/land.html
- simon_ 17y agoBut not, apparently, built a house.