People like him can exist only in our highly successful society, since societal success eventually breeds excess, perversion, and self-indulgence, be it of the political, economic, or ideological kind.
Okay, on the one hand, I'm just like the Taliban....ie, people who arise out of a highly unsuccessful, extremely puritanical society where "indulgence" means a few palm dates once a month for dessert for the super wealthy.
And on the other hand, people like me can only exist in America and Western Europe?
I think you're confusing your insults here. I can't be a Talib and a Lazy Hippie at the same time-the two lifestyles just can't be lived together.
Put him in a survival situation and all his smoke and mirrors will disappear faster than the lion says "roargh" before having him for lunch
What is a "survival situation"? Like the woods? Is there some scientific relationship between woodcraft and political views? Or are you talking about self-defense in front of angry mobs of Somalians? Something tells me no individual person is going to fare that well in such a situation, regardless of his politics.