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143 6 Capitalism, Schizophrenia, and #Vanlife: The Alpine Edukation of Hans Weingarter “Safety is an illusion […] What’s the point of prolonging a life you don’t enjoy when you can create a life that you love.” —Sammon (2019) “Cinema by all means has to be dangerous!” —Barbara Pichler, cited in von Mering (2012, 108). The scenario has in the meantime become well known: a pair of young anti-capitalist activists spend their nights “educating” the wealthy by breaking into their houses, moving their furniture around, and leaving behind messages that say “die fetten Jahre sind vorbei” [“the days of plenty are over”] — the film’s German title, or “Sie haben zu viel Geld” [“you have too much money”] and are signed by “die Erziehungsberechtigten” [“the guard- ians”]. When one becomes involved with the other’s girlfriend, the new pair undertakes an educative action that goes off the rails: the villa owner comes back unexpectedly, and “the Eduka- tors” (the translated title under which the film gained interna- tional recognition) find themselves involved in a kidnapping of