Larro

"LOL, I've adopted a mish-mash of almost all anarchist schools of thought. I've been doing a lot of exploring and find there is something to be had from all of them (we can assume I don't include "anarcho"-capitalism in this). Having said that I do find aspects of anarcho-primitivism attractive. Namely that regarding institutional labor. But we can talk about that at some future time if you like. Aside from that, I can see what you mean in regard to privilege and maybe I'm deluding myself in not understanding the problem of it. Privilege in this context would suggest a position of economic advantage. Yet it would also suggest an added feeling of entitlement (which I don't feel I have) from the economic system we find ourselves in. Are not the abject poor only defined so within the confines of a capitalist economy? Indigenous/primitive peoples having little influence from Western style economic structures wouldn't define themselves as abjectly poor, right? Yet because they largely don't..." - Larro

"While you're right in that going off-grid isn't necessarily an effective means to combat the state it is (to me anyway) a means to combat the capitalist system that feeds the state. I'm seeking to distance myself from consumerism and get away from disposable culture. Additionally, I don't know as I'd label it as a position of privilege. Many people have lived off the grid and lived simple lives for centuries. When we commodify all the trappings of modern industrial/capitalist civilization it would appear that those that do without would seem to be more in an advantageous position to do so. It's not the case. Of late I've become a bit of a Luddite and see industrialized civilization as a bane on the earth and to humanity." - Larro

"submitted by reddit to blog." - Larro

"I ran into a similar situation in a Facebook group a while back. I posted on my blog about it actually." - Larro