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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In one sentence
I want to abolish the state, industry and agriculture, living in small autonomous communities free from technology and domination.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Very strong · Federal
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Very strong · Liberty
Power
- Strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Strong · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Strong · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Leaning · Public
Economy
- Balanced
Control
- Strong · Protectionism
Trade
- Strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Balanced
Morality
- Very strong · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Technology
Leans further toward biology than 100% of the 253 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 58This ideology 3
Of all the axes, Technology is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Economy
On Economy, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 58This ideology 64
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Ted Kaczynski
A former mathematics professor who withdrew to a remote cabin in Montana and carried out a nationwide bombing campaign for nearly two decades against scientists and executives, Kaczynski argued in his manifesto 'Industrial Society and Its Future' that industrial technology destroys human freedom and must be reversed through deliberate collapse.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyHenry David ThoreauWriter96%
SociallyJohn ZerzanPhilosopher95%
EconomicallyMahatma GandhiPolitical leader100%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsAbdullah ÖcalanPolitical leader93%
Intellectual lifeLeo TolstoyWriter93%
PhilosophyArne NæssPhilosopher92%
Intellectual lifeFranz KafkaWriter92%
ActivismJosé BovéActivist91%
Political theoryAndré GorzPhilosopher90%
Political theoryPeter KropotkinAnarchist theorist89%
ActivismBuenaventura DurrutiRevolutionary89%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Zapatista Chiapas (Mexico)
Indigenous-communal autonomyZapatista territories in southern Mexico, self-governed since 1994 by mostly Maya communities through caracoles and Good Government Councils, rejecting political parties and the state, with cooperative agrarian economy and strong women's leadership.
Other close countries
Zapatista Chiapas (Mexico)
Indigenous-communal autonomyZapatista territories in southern Mexico, self-governed since 1994 by mostly Maya communities through caracoles and Good Government Councils, rejecting political parties and the state, with cooperative agrarian economy and strong women's leadership.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyRojava (North and East Syria)Democratic-egalitarian confederalism91%
SociallyVermont (United States)Progressive-communal region93%
EconomicallyPennsylvania (United States)Divided industrial region95%
The most distant
Free Territory (Makhnovshchina)
1918–1921During the Russian Revolution, Makhno's Free Territory was an anarchist experiment in Ukraine, with self-managed peasant communes and popular militias that rejected both the White state and Bolshevik power.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyAnarchist Aragon and Catalonia1936–193992%
SociallyAllende's Chile1970–197381%
EconomicallyGerman Empire (Second Reich)1871–191892%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Anarchist
- Anarchist
Zapatismo
Neo-Zapatista movement that emerged in 1994 in southern Mexico, combining indigenous autonomy, direct democracy through assemblies and caracoles, cooperative subsistence economy, and refusal to seize state power, summed up as 'lead by obeying'.
- Anarchist
Agrarian Anarchism
Anarchist branch centered on the countryside, defending autonomous rural communities, collective ownership of land, and peasant cooperation, rejecting the state and land concentration in favor of self-management.
- Anarchist
Anarcho-Naturism
Anarchist branch linked to naturism that defends simple living in contact with nature, without a state or oppressive conventions, valuing individual autonomy, health, and harmony with the natural world.
Closest in other spectrums
- Left
Indigenism
Current that values indigenous peoples and their rights, defending autonomy, territory, culture, and political participation, along with development models and a plurinational state that respect their traditions.
- Left
Deep Ecology
Current that attributes intrinsic value to all life and not only to human beings, defending a profound change of values, the reduction of human impact, and respect for the balance of the planet's ecosystems.
- Left
Democratic Confederalism
A bottom-up self-government model of Abdullah Öcalan, with local assemblies federated into a confederation, ecology, gender equality and a cooperative economy, without a nation-state, put into practice in Rojava.
The most distant ideology
Authoritarian NeoliberalismRight27%