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I wanted to post this up for everyone to take a look and see what they think of the manifesto. Please make comments. All for now, komrades.
Vive la Kanuckistan Libre!
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F.U.C.K.ing Manifesto
The people of the Front de Liberation du Kanuck are neither Messiahs nor modern-day Robin Hoods. Not remotely, even. They’re really just a group of fun loving freaks whom have decided to do everything they can to assure that Kanucks everywhere can take their destiny into their own hands, and mold it like a little ball of playdough. Hell, we might even take a nibble off it when we think nobody’s watching.
The Freely United Cartel of Kanuckistan wants total independence for Kanucks; it wants to see them united in a free society, a society purged of dumb victimless crimes, desperate unfulfilling consumerism, mindless conformity and tacky outfits that some people unwittingly wear without even a hint of irony.
The Front de Liberation du Kanuck is not an aggressive movement, nor a passive one. It’s kind of more of a social club for people who decided life as offered was just way too boring, and that they really liked having dry desert dust caked into their skin (and you thought mud facials were good).
Once, we believed it worthwhile to channel our energy and our impatience into the vast bastions of federalism, but the general short-sighted nature of the political system shows that what is called democracy is just a lazy excuse for not being a part of the bigger picture. We’re all about a do-ocracy. Got something you think should really be done? Well, what are you waiting for? Fucking do it, already!
We here in Kanuckistan know that people can get together and have a good time without worrying about the whole goddamn culture falling to pieces. Forget about the traditional definitions history has handed us. Most of our institutions are so crazy they should be institutionalized. People can only cling to the inner logic of the system before the system uses no logic at all.
We can make a world more exciting than the cookie cutter consumerist place we live in now. It can be without guilt-giving advertisements, without silly stifling social taboos, without clothes, and without creative constraints. We can build communities that are open and nurturing of the talents and ambitions of its members. Just joining gives that tacky outfit the sense of irony you always knew it needed.
We can stop worrying about consuming and give things away, living in the haphazard freedom of the gift economy. The art of production is being married to the production of art. Why be living in another mass-produced stressed-out life when you can enjoy all the wealth and freedom that we’ve already got.
Why worry about getting stuff you don’t need when you’ve got no time to kick back and enjoy it? Isn’t life for living, not just earning? We prefer to live a little lighter on the land. Be active, take a load off – you’ll weigh less. Drop that guilt off your shoulders; it’s not your fault. We have a beautiful, plentiful world here in these rich corners of the world, plenty to create with, and plenty to share.
People of Kanuckistan! Artists, anarchists, dreamers, teachers, students, CEOs and the unemployed! Begin from this day forward to take back what is yours; take what belongs to you: your jobs, your determination and your freedom. Feeling tired? Is that a hamster wheel your running around?
Show your creativity in your neighbourhoods, in your places of work. Or don’t – And watch the corporations wipe away our pleasures with the cold calculation of an accounts pen. There is more to life than that.
WE ARE KANUCKS, and we are prepared to F.U.C.K. things up. With the help of our little population, we want to replace this society of consumerist slaves with a bunch of happy artist crazies, a community to help and hope and keep people happy. We are beautiful, sexy, smart, and capable, no matter what the ads tell us. Our struggle can only be victorious. Once you know how free you can be, you can never go back to being bored. Come, join us. There’s plenty of cheer and beer to go around.
Long live the Freely United Cartel of Kanuckistan!
Long live our comrades of the burn!
Long live the Kanuck Revolution!
Long live the Front de Liberation du Kanuck!
I wanted to post this up for everyone to take a look and see what they think of the manifesto. Please make comments. All for now, komrades.
Vive la Kanuckistan Libre!
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F.U.C.K.ing Manifesto
The people of the Front de Liberation du Kanuck are neither Messiahs nor modern-day Robin Hoods. Not remotely, even. They’re really just a group of fun loving freaks whom have decided to do everything they can to assure that Kanucks everywhere can take their destiny into their own hands, and mold it like a little ball of playdough. Hell, we might even take a nibble off it when we think nobody’s watching.
The Freely United Cartel of Kanuckistan wants total independence for Kanucks; it wants to see them united in a free society, a society purged of dumb victimless crimes, desperate unfulfilling consumerism, mindless conformity and tacky outfits that some people unwittingly wear without even a hint of irony.
The Front de Liberation du Kanuck is not an aggressive movement, nor a passive one. It’s kind of more of a social club for people who decided life as offered was just way too boring, and that they really liked having dry desert dust caked into their skin (and you thought mud facials were good).
Once, we believed it worthwhile to channel our energy and our impatience into the vast bastions of federalism, but the general short-sighted nature of the political system shows that what is called democracy is just a lazy excuse for not being a part of the bigger picture. We’re all about a do-ocracy. Got something you think should really be done? Well, what are you waiting for? Fucking do it, already!
We here in Kanuckistan know that people can get together and have a good time without worrying about the whole goddamn culture falling to pieces. Forget about the traditional definitions history has handed us. Most of our institutions are so crazy they should be institutionalized. People can only cling to the inner logic of the system before the system uses no logic at all.
We can make a world more exciting than the cookie cutter consumerist place we live in now. It can be without guilt-giving advertisements, without silly stifling social taboos, without clothes, and without creative constraints. We can build communities that are open and nurturing of the talents and ambitions of its members. Just joining gives that tacky outfit the sense of irony you always knew it needed.
We can stop worrying about consuming and give things away, living in the haphazard freedom of the gift economy. The art of production is being married to the production of art. Why be living in another mass-produced stressed-out life when you can enjoy all the wealth and freedom that we’ve already got.
Why worry about getting stuff you don’t need when you’ve got no time to kick back and enjoy it? Isn’t life for living, not just earning? We prefer to live a little lighter on the land. Be active, take a load off – you’ll weigh less. Drop that guilt off your shoulders; it’s not your fault. We have a beautiful, plentiful world here in these rich corners of the world, plenty to create with, and plenty to share.
People of Kanuckistan! Artists, anarchists, dreamers, teachers, students, CEOs and the unemployed! Begin from this day forward to take back what is yours; take what belongs to you: your jobs, your determination and your freedom. Feeling tired? Is that a hamster wheel your running around?
Show your creativity in your neighbourhoods, in your places of work. Or don’t – And watch the corporations wipe away our pleasures with the cold calculation of an accounts pen. There is more to life than that.
WE ARE KANUCKS, and we are prepared to F.U.C.K. things up. With the help of our little population, we want to replace this society of consumerist slaves with a bunch of happy artist crazies, a community to help and hope and keep people happy. We are beautiful, sexy, smart, and capable, no matter what the ads tell us. Our struggle can only be victorious. Once you know how free you can be, you can never go back to being bored. Come, join us. There’s plenty of cheer and beer to go around.
Long live the Freely United Cartel of Kanuckistan!
Long live our comrades of the burn!
Long live the Kanuck Revolution!
Long live the Front de Liberation du Kanuck!
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Re: F.U.C.K.ing Manifesto
Fri, October 14, 2005 - 7:37 PMOk. I'm in.
Recommendation:
Start the manifesto with an affirmative statement. Leave the negatives for later. Affirmation is so much more enegizing and momentum creating.
Here, I rejigged it for you...
The people of the Front de Liberation du Kanuck are a group of fun loving freaks who have decided to do everything they can to assure that Kanucks everywhere can take their destiny into their own hands, and mold it like a little ball of playdough. Hell, we might even take a nibble off it when we think nobody’s watching. We are neither Messiahs nor modern-day Robin Hoods. Not remotely, even. -
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Re: F.U.C.K.ing Manifesto
Sat, October 15, 2005 - 10:52 AMOk, time for a quick cofession. The intro and finish were cribbed from the FLQ Manifesto, ala la crises du Octobre. I'm a revolutionary, damnnit, not a writer.
I am ready for more departures from that text, however. Consider it changed, thanks for the suggestion. We could even get rid of the Messiahs and Robinhood thing completely, or merge/cut down whole paragraphs. This fucker's a bit long, I think. -
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Sat, October 15, 2005 - 12:38 PMYeah, I stopped when I realised I'd have to use my scroll wheel. When did I get A.D.D.? Ooooh! Kittens! -
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Re: F.U.C.K.ing Manifesto
Wed, October 19, 2005 - 10:28 AMYeah, this thing is really long. I think there are some options:
1. Cut it down some.
2. Change the text around. Some bold, some italized, different sizes of fonts. It'd look cool.
3. Do some point by point. The internet breeds A.D.D., and there's nothing much we can do about it.
Or maybe a combo of all three. Or maybe make a point by point, like my comments. See, weren't they easy to read?
Maybe we need some sort of a constitutional document (possibly incorporating the 10 tenants of Burning Man with a Kanuckistan bent). Something simple to read, to the point. What the F.U.C.K, do we want anyway?
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Re: F.U.C.K.ing Manifesto
Wed, October 26, 2005 - 5:15 PMmy only problem with this is that not everyone wants to be an artist "crazy", and aside from that i know a vast majority would rather keep the machine running than live in a world we'll have to deconstruct or destroy
rich and poor, a good portion of an population draws a line with how much change they can endure, and massive cultural movements have started making them weary. It's one thing to truck it out to the desert to create our own society, it's another to impose it (however nobel the cause) upon people who have different agendas.
If anything I'd re-jig the intent of the movement itself, perhaps promoting a bid for the sovereignty of kanuchistan somewhere nestled between two provinces?
I'm all for promoting freedom for all, but in order to properly calculate the outcome you really do have to be careful about what you can realistically expect from people in general (at least these days).
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Re: F.U.C.K.ing Manifesto
Wed, November 2, 2005 - 8:36 AMI agree. Let's not get on our high horses and try to change the world but rather create our own little world within this big big world and leave the door open so other people can come play with us if they want.
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