I like the idea of being sustainable, growing your own food, and living naturally. I used to dream about starting a commune or homestead, but now I’m starting to think the idealization of it is petty bourgeois and part of the settler mindset. Starting some farm in the wilderness is very reminiscent of the western frontier, and the homestead act which I am myself a beneficiary of. We don’t need more socialists leaving society, we need more urban farming and an end to monoculture.
What do y’all think about it?
In addition, what’s your opinion of permaculture? I’m going to one of the pyramid scheme classes soon, to see if there’s anything worth taking from it. From what I’ve heard by the anarchist critics at ‘poor proles almanac’ it’s basically the dogmatic imposition of a white dudes interpretation of a unique indigenous practice in Australia to the whole world. It seems like it’s probably better to just look at the practices of indigenous people from your specific region, rather than using general permaculture.