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Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 1 week agoI was actually referring to the freedom to be a vagabond, hermit, or whatever style of nomadic life you prefer.
What I’m implying is not having a registered legal residence does not allow you to claim some of your rights as a citizen in many countries. You can’t get a driver’s license, passport, etc in the USA. Here in Chile I’m pretty sure you can’t even pay taxes.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’m not sure how that relates to slavery. Freedom to be a vagabond still requires income from work.
Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 1 week ago
I’m not choosing anything. I just think it would be nice to be able to choose more things without getting locked up in a cage.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I don’t know about Chile but in the US you only need a PO box. I suspect Chile is the same because there’s probably a middle upper class that travels in mobile home/boats in retirement like in the US.
Requiring a way for society to communicate with an individual isn’t slavery.
Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 1 week ago
I respect your opinion but i don’t share it. I didn’t mean mobile homes, though, and I haven’t seen what you describe in Chile. Maybe a few isolated cases through the years where I’ve seen trailers that display a lot of stickers that name or illustrate locations, to serve as proof of the travels of those inside, and thus an encoded status symbol for those with similar interests.
Your suspicion sounds like it may happen in a very very small scale. Why are you sharing it with me? Are you attempting to guess my social class? Cause if you are, don’t you think it’s a bit inconsiderate? Like I might make some people feel alienated? Is that what you were attempting? To draw distance? But, if you aren’t doing that, please do keep enlightening me with your musings about the socioeconomic lifestyle trends of the country I was raised and live in. Tell me more.
If you want to know about my family background, my employment, my income, the pricing of the educational institutions I went to, the neighborhood i live in, and basically any other aspect of my life situation that does not jeopardize my privacy, I can tell you about all these things. You just have to ask me directly. However, it might be wise to ask yourself which one of these aspects, these measurable scoring systems, you believe gives you legitimate cause for me to feel distance from you, or have any incidence over the conversation we’re having or my value as a person in its context.
However, if what you’d really like to know is what group of people, distributed by income, i feel like i belong to or owe loyalty to, we can spare ourselves the ceremony and I can straight out tell you right now.
I have several mental health conditions that have caused me, in one way or another, to be rejected or to commit self exile from any tribal association I’ve belonged to, except my brother and 2 sisters and a few internet communities (including this one). I have a very weak sense of identity and don’t feel like i culturally, ritualistically or socially belong to any country or social class. I have my history of trauma and group settings make me feel uneasy, which has also contributed to this dynamic.
I hope you get something out of this message. I wrote it with consideration and compassion, despite feeling upset. I also hope you found whatever it is you were looking for when you decided to communicate with me.
Have a good weekend.