An anti-civ anarchist primer on the survivalist movement.
By StarG(A)zer
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I recently picked up a copy of The Backwoodsman, a magazine dedicated to the overarching theme of self-sufficiency which has been a big focus in my own life. It’s contents range from information, ads, and articles on survivalism and homesteading to old world primitive craftsmanship and American frontier history. It is a great resource to have available and it’s focus is never very political, but I read up on the history of the publication and others like it and it got me thinking.
As I sit here writing this Wall Street is being occupied and there is a nationwide CorpGov. media blackout of the whole thing, rioting and insurrection is breaking out globally, and economic and political stability is plunging rapidly beyond a point of no return. Now do I really need to find sources and polls and statistics or am I right in assuming an open-minded semi-observant person can realize what is happening?
As a wilderness and primitive skills enthusiast and something of a “survivalist” I see this as A) Disturbing B) An opportunity to wake others up about preparedness and C) A chance to look deeper into the relationship between survivalism, politics, and anarchism. I find it increasingly depressing that the survivalist movement is dominated by Christian fundamentalism, the racist “patriot” movement, and right-wing militias. The word survivalism has come to denote some form of anti-tax, anti-immigrant ultraconservative militia ideology. Forget this and we can move on.
To me, survivalism is not just being prepared for revolution, insurrection, natural disasters, and the like but enriching and strengthening oneself as an individual by learning old world skills and reconnecting with the primitive and natural world outside of the exploitation and mindlessness of modern techno-industrial civilization. Anarcho-survivalism is a form of individualist primitivism, wishing to revert to a simpler life, rewild, but to do it rationally and on an individual basis, free from the encumbered feeling of a label or specific ideology and platform and free from the political bullshit.
Anarcho-survivalism is not an ideology, it is the experiential philosophy of the freedom of self-sufficiency, the natural incarnation of “individualism.”
Happy Camping and check back for more articles, pubs, and media on primitive skills, anarcho-survivalism, self-sufficiency in vagrancy, primitivism, homesteading, and much more-This was just a primer!
Solidarity!
~StarG(A)zer
