Freeganism
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Freeganism is the practice of eating food for free whenever possible. This is generally expressed through taking perfectly good food discarded by stores and restaurants and eating it,[1] and sometimes through shoplifting.
More pithily, freeganism is a fancy word for eating out of the dumpster.
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[edit] Rationale
The movement generally points out that if not for them, most of the food would just go to waste. Because it's "waste", this apparently absolves all freegans from any guilt regarding whatever went into producing it in the first place, whether animal slaughter or slave labour. The movement is largely made up of anarchists, who also use it as a way of cutting into the profits of capitalists. They also generally don't take work in corporations, preferring volunteer work or just not taking a job, and refuse to be exploited to survive.
An important part of the movement is that many members are either completely vegan, or refuse to have meat unless it is free, as anything else is rewarding businesses for eco-unfriendly practices.
[edit] Critiques
Ewww. Just ewwww.
[edit] Motto
The unofficial motto of the movement is "There IS such a thing as a free lunch." [2]
[edit] As distinct from
Freeganism should not be confused with the practice of graduate students attempting to free-load food and drink from departmental seminars and open days.
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ Whether it's still fit for human consumption is an unrelated matter. One presumes they check for signs of rot or contamination by generic "bin juice" first.
- ↑ Well, it's free to them but someone, somewhere paid for it. However, if it's been thrown out, the person who paid for it presumably sees it as of no further value.
