RE: Why Are Peaceful People Becoming Anarchists?
Couldn't agree more, especially about travellers and gypsies. In Scotland the government recently introduced a ban on wild camping in the Loch Lomond National Park area. I used to volunteer as a park ranger, and I personally believe there are already laws in place to control bad wild camping behaviour such as burning trees for firewood and littering, which will probably continue despite the wild camping ban. I don't think they want people to be self-sufficient.
But the thing that has really moved me towards anarchy/voluntaryism (I'm not quite there yet, but have stopped voting for political parties) is the increasing lack of choice in government - eg, the "left" and the "right" being for the same wars (it's such a huge subject); the corruption and lobbying in government and the manipulation. Oh and there's so much more - where do I start?
Keep thinking about this stuff and you'll get there in time.
Maybe :)
Is squatting on public land being self sufficient?
Once upon a time we were all hunter gatherers. Some chose to stay that way, does it make them wrong?
No, some choose to become meth addicts and fail to pay their bills. They are not hunter gatherers who didn't want to give up their traditional lifestyles.
There's that risk of tarring everyone with the same brush. There's also no saying that the addicts didn't become addicts because they feel stuck in a life cycle they don't know how to escape and often don't even realise why they need to escape. Some of the biggest addicts are aboriginals whose grandparents were ripped from their traditional way of life and they aren't able to integrate into the western way of life. A lot of westerners even struggle with the western way of life.
@funbobby51 Do you mean in the way the Royal Family do?
We don't have a royal family here. So no.