Jul 15, 2008 3:10:31 AM cite

Those individuals endorsing Anarcho-Primitivism have made several unjustified assumptions about primitive societies, that are the basis of their ideology. They cite the shift from Hunter Gatherers to Agricultural substistance as the root of their claimed deficiencies of modern society. Social organization and stratification occurs naturally when a number of individuals come together to form a group, and is not imposed by a few to gain control, but by the group to provide protection from predation and a more stable supply of food and shelter for all members of the group. Division of labor and specilization is a normal development as each individual discovers their talents and abilities. Acquiring knowledge and skills is necessary for survival and not everyone can master all skills. totalitarian relationships were not a hallmark of early domestication as the land was occupied and held by the comunity for the comunity. Gender distinctions are biological and have nothing to do with civilization, they may be enhanced by some societies but are not created by them. Their assessment of early human life is incorrect, and thier proposed course of action is equally untenable. I must agree with Noam Chomsky in that "What they are calling for is the worst mass genocide in Human history". Not only are they advocating mass genocide but if they live as they propose they will be burying more and more babies and children as the mortality rate increases. To truly embrace their ideals they must accept this as they must abandon modern medical technology. However the few who survive to adulthood will be relatively healthy but it is unlikely that they will need to deal with the afflictions of the elderly as few if any will live past 40 years. they advocate the abandonment of society, technology, civilization and language. They object to symbolic culture but any language is the basis for this, and therefore must be abandon. They deem these institutions as totalitarian and oppressive, yet seek to impose limits on what an individuel can do. There can be no inquiry as to the nature or reason for things, no experimentation to gain knowledge, no modification of the environment or objects found there. This bringe me to speculate what would they do if someone was found investigating a phenomenom in nature, trying to sharpen a stone to make a better tool or assigning special sounds for better comunication. someone would need to kill him as even exile would not do as his very existance would violate their principles. These people are not satisfied to adopt their ideas and go of and live in the wild, but seek to impose their world view on others and are therefore guilty of attempting the same control over others that they object to. Which brings me to the conclusion that this is not a real movment where people actually intend to live this way but a construct by an academic searching for something to publish, See my comment 'Off on another Rant' May 16 '08, creating a nonsensical world view based on distorted interpretations of archaeology and anthropology. I have seen no reports of groups re-wilding and living this way, but then outside observers would not be alowed as they would disturbe the simplistic lifestyle. Actually this is a common theme in Science Fiction where a technologically advanced society encounters a primitive one with the resulting interaction, perhaps this is the source of this fiction. There seem to be several academics who are in on it, to keep things stired up and capture the imagination of thousands too unsophisticated to see the joke. I would certainly expect the Anarcho-Primitivists to vigorously defend their research and publications, after all this is their meal ticket to the good life with book royalties and speaker fees. Long Live anarcho-Primitivism, there is tremendous entertainment value here if nothing else.

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May 21, 2008 4:44:19 PM cite

'Anarcho-Primitivism' is a made up word that has not real meaning. As for some of your other questions you should do some research on this site before posting repetative questions.

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