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Comments for Patch #056: Freegan
Stealing isn't counterrevolutio.... Sure, they are going to reorder the product, but that costs them money. And decreasing their profits is a good thing. Do you also think animal liberation is the same thing as buying a bunch of fur coats? The key thing is to stop funding them. But either way, stop feeling so fucking self important. Neither being freegan or shoplifting is going to stop the system. They are just token protests in that respect. Their real value is in freeing us from the work/consumption cycle, allowing us to reclaim our lives and put our time into truly subversive activities. Meto chyea: the diffrence is that the one in dumpster will not be re-ordered because it is waste. the super market lost it. It lost the price of it, noone bought it. so why re-order so many? they will order less quantity. they know what they throw. they don't really know what was stolen. for me, stealing is not quite the same as consuming. but it isn't waste also.. somewher between.. throw shit on every elititians' face :D kmelloswhen stuff gets damaged in a store the company has to replace it. just like stealing. so even if you get that damaged item out of the dumpster it has the same impact as stealing. also when a fruit gets a blemish they have to order new fruit. just like when they order something to replace a stolen object. the only difference between stealing shit and dumpstering shit is that one is in the dumpster. so before you steal check the dumpster. if the item you need isnt in the dumpster ask yourself do i really need this item? if you do, steal it! and dont let no elitist freegans make ya feel bad. chyeaOMG!!!! THIS IS EXACTLY HOW I THINK!!! i had no clue it had its own name and following!!! i just always told people i was a consumer vegan im so happy!!!! RaNDy CHaOsI work at a trader joes. our boss is so anal about fruit, we spoil off about 200 bananas everyday, because the skin of them has blemishes. Effin UselessStealing is not freegan. When you steal, you are making the store order more products to sell, and you are also causing them to invest in security equipment. Freeganism is resistance to consumerism, and stealing still encourages production. Stealing may be free for you, but the Earth still pays. conscious minorityRandom Hero- Ghonnorhea? How could one possibly contract ghonnorhea from dumpstered food? I get this image of someone rubbing their infected genitals on bruised fruit and then the dumpster diver doing the same in some sort of insane religious rite. Weird. Erikknow what? I lived off of dumpster dived food for a long time, and I never ate better. Never got sick either. Apples with one bad spot are undesirable and thrown out, for example. Common sense goes a long way. SarahHmmmm well Joe if you ever get salmenela or goneria please look me up because I have always been kinda weary of eating out of dumpsters and such... and I was wondering if there really was a health hazzard... or maybe I should just take my question to the message board... r(A)ndomHeroYes, we are. ErikAre Freegans allowed to steal shit? Just wondering because it says we won't buy your crap, implying they don't want the products that corporations are making, but stealing from them might be considered a good thing...? Anarcho PetorisTheft is consumption just like purchasing something and I couldn't condone theft as being any different than consumption. You are still generating more production and waste. To me freeganism was always about suberting production and waste by eating scraps and using things that would otherwise go to waste or not be used. Joe
