It's because it's principled

Fuck your authority. I'm not stealing this book.

This book shouldn't be sold, but I needed to distribute it. Steal it

In some ways ancommies are very consistent

So they literally commend people stealing it?

If you talk to ancommies you'll find a lot that do yeah

As long as they don't want to put me up against a wall to hit me with Nuggets, I'm kind of okay with them.

One of the local punk bands I listened to included lyrics in their song about not judging homeless shoplifters

"Not up to us to question the way he lived" specifically

If you sift through the no ownership stuff and the calls for violence there's some common ground in there

Unease at the level of surveillance in modern society, distrust of large government etc

Desire for community and communal support

Bit of curiosity, how many Texans do we have?

@Sky

From texas counts.

even if you're practically in Canada now.

Me

I'm from texas

I'm still in texas

I'm not.

I think Atkins is TX, but I don't really remember.

please be in texas~

Nope. Stuck in NY.

Sorry.

Also, if you care to give a general direction... Mine is East.

It sucks here.

I like my area even if im not 100% jell with it

happy i moved to urban area, albiet i'd still move back to upper-class suburban-industrial area if i could find a place like my youth

My area is rather religious. I hated it growing up, but after seeing other areas...

I'm okay with it.

yeah moving gives you good perspective on that

I lived in DC for a while.

Yep.

the ability to see maybe your area isn't as bad as you think, despite its flaws

Let me tell you. Don't let TX become NY.

It doesn't work.

NYC won't tell you all the problems they have.

There's not a whole lot we can do except for open carry to make Californians nervous...

And if you're in Upstate...you're just screwed and silenced.

Can't even carry a knife legally.

They have a very expansive definition of "gravity knife"