Bookchin v. "lifesyle anarchism" (was Re: MSOFT versus Open Source movement)

Chuck0 chuck at tao.ca
Sun May 6 08:41:18 PDT 2001


s-t-t at juno.com wrote:


> > "Lifestyle anarchism" is mostly a myth anyway.
>
> You must be kidding. Then, what *is* the appropriate anarchist term for,
> say, deciding that being a vegan, dancing in the streets, and doing
> AdBuster approved actions is the end all be all of contemporary anarchist
> politics?

That isn't what Bookchin calls lifestyle anarchism. It's one thing to criticize folks who think these activities are the end all be all of anarchist politis, quite another to lump activists in with them who happen to also like dancing and vegan food.

I don't know, weren't these people called "hippies" at one time?

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