Anarcho-primitivism
Current of John Zerzan and Ted Kaczynski that sees industrial civilization and agriculture itself as the root of domination, calling for the end of modern technology and a return to small stateless hunter-gatherer communities.
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Current of John Zerzan and Ted Kaczynski that sees industrial civilization and agriculture itself as the root of domination, calling for the end of modern technology and a return to small stateless hunter-gatherer communities.
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I want to abolish the state, industry and agriculture, living in small autonomous communities free from technology and domination.
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Our Anarcho-primitivism definition includes “abolish the state, industry and agriculture, living in small autonomous communities free from technology and domination”. This clause must be read for which central institutions it retains or rejects; opposition to a state or party is not endorsement of centralized territorial power.

Our Anarcho-primitivism model centers on abolish the state, industry and agriculture, living in small autonomous communities free from technology and domination. That core does not specify who can choose, replace and hold political decision-makers accountable. A social or economic objective does not by itself establish elections, popular sovereignty or an unelected ruling elite.

Our Anarcho-primitivism model centers on abolish the state, industry and agriculture, living in small autonomous communities free from technology and domination. That core does not specify the permissible use of public coercion versus protected personal autonomy. The form of government does not alone establish the extent of surveillance, repression or civil liberty.

Our Anarcho-primitivism model centers on abolish the state, industry and agriculture, living in small autonomous communities free from technology and domination. That core does not specify minority membership, migration and the coexistence of cultural identities. Shared economic interests or a universal philosophical ethic do not alone specify immigration or cultural-integration policy.

Our Anarcho-primitivism model centers on abolish the state, industry and agriculture, living in small autonomous communities free from technology and domination. That core does not specify the political role of organized armed force and acceptance of war. Domestic coercion, economic state intervention and national pride do not by themselves establish militarism or pacifism.

Our Anarcho-primitivism model centers on abolish the state, industry and agriculture, living in small autonomous communities free from technology and domination. That core does not specify coercive foreign projection into other peoples or states. This axis concerns foreign intervention, not nationalism, domestic regulation, cultural confidence or military preparedness alone.

Our Anarcho-primitivism model centers on abolish the state, industry and agriculture, living in small autonomous communities free from technology and domination. That core does not specify ownership of productive assets, land and enterprises. Welfare spending, moral solidarity and expert administration do not by themselves abolish or privatize productive ownership.


Our Anarcho-primitivism model centers on abolish the state, industry and agriculture, living in small autonomous communities free from technology and domination. That core does not specify how production and allocation are coordinated through plans or decentralized exchange. Public ownership can coexist with markets, and private firms can operate under directed planning.

Our Anarcho-primitivism model centers on abolish the state, industry and agriculture, living in small autonomous communities free from technology and domination. That core does not specify cross-border trade, capital flows and economic integration. Domestic market freedom and international cultural solidarity are different claims from a free-trade policy.

Our Anarcho-primitivism model centers on abolish the state, industry and agriculture, living in small autonomous communities free from technology and domination. That core does not specify whether public rules and political authority are grounded in religious doctrine. Personal faith, atheism, religious identity and rejection of a state do not alone establish the source of public rules.


Our Anarcho-primitivism model centers on abolish the state, industry and agriculture, living in small autonomous communities free from technology and domination. That core does not specify public attitudes toward inherited customs, family, gender and social change. Economic redistribution, technological novelty and a religious affiliation do not uniquely determine every moral position.

The definition expressly rejects industrial civilization, agriculture and modern technology in favor of small hunter-gatherer communities. The biology direction follows that explicit civilizational limit, distinct from environmentalism that accepts selective innovation.

Leans further toward biology than 100% of the 250 ideologies in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Technology is where it stands furthest from the rest.

On Economy, it sits close to the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.

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