Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Pligganease]

http://freegan.info/

What is a "freegan?" A "freegan" is a bum. You can choose to be a bum and call yourself something trendy, like "freegan."

[uberscheisse]

bullshit. stores throw out food. some of it is totally fine. if someone is either smart enough to take advantage of that, or dumb enough to risk the various germs that can be found in a dumpster, then they are most certainly not a bum.

waste is more of a bum activity than dealing with waste in a practical way.

[Underwaterbob]

I've dumpster dived. You can get some great stuff for free! And it's exciting dodging the cops.

[Pligganease]

[uberscheisse]

[Fishead soup]

Freegans are Anarchists. Capitalist society is built around waste and oppression. The Earth is raped of it's resources which are later thrown into garbage bins. The Masses are forced to work at jobs that the majority of them don't want just to perpetuate a work ethic that is out of date.
Very little of the money that goes into welfare actually goes to the people who need it. It goes to paying government pencil pushers. Unemploying is a goverment policy. Having high levels of unemployment actually benefits most wealthy capatalist countries.

[Pligganease]

[KirbyMagnus]

[gaychel]

the freegans, if you look at it deeply enough, are capitolists. they're capitalizing off of and baking on the fact that there will be enough wasted goods for them to live off of. they invest by not buying anything and waiting for other consumers to throw their goods away. they gain capital every time they dig something out of a dumpster. and they are vegan, so they won't even eat meat or dairy that's going to waste due to ethics, but they'll still use the tide laundry detergent that proctor and gamble distributes and cruelly tests on animals?

taking something that's been wasted and putting it to good use is great, and good for the freegans on that. but, hypothetically, what if every normal citizen started wearing their clothes until they were beyond wear or repair and squeezing every last drop possible out of their toothpaste tubes or only threw out rotten, bacteria ridden food? what do the freegans do then? do they get jobs for the corporations they so hate? do they bite the bullet and buy food at the grocery store, thus contributing to the disgusting economies they're protesting?

It seems to me that they're protesting a throwaway society, but the only way they can survive with their ethics in tact is for a throwaway society to be in existence for their use. it's not hurting the corporations they're boycotting much if other people are buying and wasting enough of their junk for two people instead of one to live off of.

that said, i've seen the waste in retailers and grocery stores, and if they want to eat it, fine. in america, our mentality regarding goods and consumerism is so fu cked. freegans, your cause is paper thin, but keep doing what you're doing.

[uberscheisse]

[cdninkorea]

[nicholas_chiasson]

granted the fact that food is wasted is a shame and the result of not only market forces but litigation. If the US would pass more good samaritan laws , people could actually change their community. But right now some crack head gets bot poisoning at a soup kitchen and sues Catholic Charities. Life is great.

[gaychel]

thank you, thank you, i'll be in korea all year.