[kiddz]

Money only gives you options, even if it's other peoples' money manifested in the resources of the State via taxation and public spending.

First world problems/opportunities . . . the underlying story here is that nearly none of this is possible without a well funded and run state. Riding 4500 miles across country, collecting sponsorships, going to a strangers house from CL for a fan. . . all speaks to road, police and the like allowing people to survive/thrive because there is general stability around them. These people experience none of the poverty problems that come from a lack of choices.

[sanoli]

Agree. I have friends who have lived this lifestyle for a long time in the U.S. and Europe, and you just can't live the same way here in Brazil, for example. This freegan stuff just doesn't work here. My friends squatted in the U.S. and ate fresh food from dumpsters. Here, the squatters are really poor people or crack addicts. Here, there's hardly any good food thrown out, and it is all quickly scavenged by really hungry homeless people. And my U.S. friends say they are anarchists. Sorry, you can only live like this in the U.S. because of the stability and prosperity that is around you.