Comments on: Urban Scout Speaks: http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/01/19/urban-scout-speaks/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:06:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ted Heistman http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/01/19/urban-scout-speaks/comment-page-1/#comment-96136 Ted Heistman Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:50:46 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/01/19/urban-scout-speaks/#comment-96136 To be a primitive is to have a small and very local sphere of interest. If everyone were primitive there would be no knowlege of the whole. That's why the names primitive tribes give themselves are often translated basically as "the people." Because the only people they are concerned with are themselves. You can argue that once societies become large and complex they ultimately become unsustainable and destructive. But There is no way primitivism can be held up as a superior way to manage large nations or the world as a whole. Because primitive tribes aren't concerned with managing large complex societies but only little isolated tribes. To be a primitive is to have a small and very local sphere of interest. If everyone were primitive there would be no knowlege of the whole.

That’s why the names primitive tribes give themselves are often translated basically as “the people.” Because the only people they are concerned with are themselves.

You can argue that once societies become large and complex they ultimately become unsustainable and destructive.

But There is no way primitivism can be held up as a superior way to manage large nations or the world as a whole. Because primitive tribes aren’t concerned with managing large complex societies but only little isolated tribes.

]]> By: Ted Heistman http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/01/19/urban-scout-speaks/comment-page-1/#comment-96135 Ted Heistman Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:34:41 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/01/19/urban-scout-speaks/#comment-96135 I think uncivilized life would "feel" better than civilized life but not for the reasons a lot of primitivists state. I think uncivilized life would “feel” better than civilized life but not for the reasons a lot of primitivists state.

]]> By: Urban Scout http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/01/19/urban-scout-speaks/comment-page-1/#comment-95797 Urban Scout Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:33:32 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/01/19/urban-scout-speaks/#comment-95797 Hey Tim, Thanks for the links. Glad you liked my rant. Scout Hey Tim,

Thanks for the links. Glad you liked my rant.

Scout

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