theres something deeply unsatisfying with the anarcho-primitivist prescription — that of erasing our technological achievements and returning to a state of nature. Its fed by a cynical and defeatist world view that buys into the notion that everything will be okay once we regress back to a state where our ecological and sociological footprints are reduced to practically nil. Its a way of eliminating our ability to make an impact on the world — and onto ourselves. Its also an ideological view that fetishizes our ancestral past. Despite Zerzans cocksure proclamations to the contrary, our paleolithic forebears were almost certainly hierarchical and socially stratified. There isnt a single social species on this planet — whether theyre primates or elephants or cetaceans — that doesnt organize its individuals according to capability, influence, or level of reproductive fitness. Feeling alienated, frustrated, and controlled is an indelible part of the human condition, regardless of whether we live in tribal arrangements or in the information age. The anarcho-primitivist fantasy of the free and unhindered noble savage is just that — a fantasy. Hunter-gatherers were far from free, coerced by the demands of biology and nature to mete out an existence under the harshest of circumstances. io9/why-do-the-anarcho-primitivists-want-to-abolish-civiliz-1633477541
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 13:08:24 +0000
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