Freeganism is a portmanteau of "free" and "Reaganism", signifying an ideology which places Reaganism in its historical context and concludes that its most important principle, that the government is incapable of doing anything, proved to be way more true than even President Ronald Reagan knew at the time, as evidenced by the ongoing failures of Reagan's most important public policy goals: the War On Drugs and Russian democracy. Hence it advocates the complete abolishment of the government in order to make way for the free market to sort things out. In this sense, Freeganites are more extreme than Reagan but probably much more logically consistent.
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| - Freeganism is a portmanteau of "free" and "Reaganism", signifying an ideology which places Reaganism in its historical context and concludes that its most important principle, that the government is incapable of doing anything, proved to be way more true than even President Ronald Reagan knew at the time, as evidenced by the ongoing failures of Reagan's most important public policy goals: the War On Drugs and Russian democracy. Hence it advocates the complete abolishment of the government in order to make way for the free market to sort things out. In this sense, Freeganites are more extreme than Reagan but probably much more logically consistent.
- Freeganism is an anti-consumerist lifestyle whereby people employ alternative living strategies based on "limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources. The website freegan.info states that freegans embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed." The lifestyle involves salvaging discarded, unspoiled food from supermarket dumpsters that have passed their display date but haven't passed their edible date. They salvage the food not because they are poor or homeless, but as a political statement.
- Freegan can be seen as a special way of vegetarianism. Freegans eat milk and egg products (some of them even eat meat) if it's not been bought or otherwise organized in a way that supports market practices. There are even dumpster divers that only use organic food shops for their tours. The idea of freeganism is that one does not want to support the production of milk, eggs and meat, but has no problem in consuming them. If the products are taken out of dumpsters, they don't play any role in the market, no money or other motivations are created to produce more animal food.
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| - Freeganism is an anti-consumerist lifestyle whereby people employ alternative living strategies based on "limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources. The website freegan.info states that freegans embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed." The lifestyle involves salvaging discarded, unspoiled food from supermarket dumpsters that have passed their display date but haven't passed their edible date. They salvage the food not because they are poor or homeless, but as a political statement. The word "freegan" is a portmanteau of "free" and "vegan". Freeganism started in the mid 1990s, out of the antiglobalization and environmentalist movements. Groups such as Food Not Bombs served free vegetarian and vegan food that was salvaged from food market trash by dumpster diving. The movement also has elements of Diggers, an anarchist street theater group based in Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco in the 1960s, that gave away rescued food.
- Freegan can be seen as a special way of vegetarianism. Freegans eat milk and egg products (some of them even eat meat) if it's not been bought or otherwise organized in a way that supports market practices. A typical way of living freegan is so-called dumpster diving. That means people take foods out of the dumpsters of supermarkets. Supermarkets often throw away products which are still edible and healthful. The reason is that if a product's date of expiry has passed by only a few days, food products usually go into the dumpster (as they are required to be by the health department). So a lot of still very good stuff can be found. There are even dumpster divers that only use organic food shops for their tours. The idea of freeganism is that one does not want to support the production of milk, eggs and meat, but has no problem in consuming them. If the products are taken out of dumpsters, they don't play any role in the market, no money or other motivations are created to produce more animal food.
- Freeganism is a portmanteau of "free" and "Reaganism", signifying an ideology which places Reaganism in its historical context and concludes that its most important principle, that the government is incapable of doing anything, proved to be way more true than even President Ronald Reagan knew at the time, as evidenced by the ongoing failures of Reagan's most important public policy goals: the War On Drugs and Russian democracy. Hence it advocates the complete abolishment of the government in order to make way for the free market to sort things out. In this sense, Freeganites are more extreme than Reagan but probably much more logically consistent.
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