Anarcho-Capitalism
Current that proposes abolishing the state and organizing all of society through contracts and free markets, with security, justice, and services provided by competing private companies under absolute property rights.
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In one sentence
I want to abolish the state and organize everything through contracts and free markets, with security and justice sold by private companies.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Very strong · Federal
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Very strong · Liberty
Power
- Leaning · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Strong · Internationalist
Nationalism
- Very strong · Private
Economy
- Very strong · Free market
Free market
- Leaning · Irreligious
Religion
- Leaning · Progressive
Morality
- Very strong · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Structure
Leans further toward federal than 94% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 38This ideology 96
Of all the topics, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Religion
On Religion, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 61This ideology 71
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Murray Rothbard
An American economist, Rothbard was the main formulator of anarcho-capitalism, defending the abolition of the state, absolute private property, and the provision of security and justice by the free market.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyDavid FriedmanEconomist and anarcho-capitalist theorist98%
SociallyRaphaël LimaPolitical Activist and Communicator98%
EconomicallyGustave de MolinariPolitical economist99%
Other compatible profiles
ActivismJohn McAfeeEntrepreneur and activist97%
Intellectual lifeLysander SpoonerJurist97%
Political theorySatoshi NakamotoCreator of Bitcoin97%
Political theorySamuel Edward Konkin IIILibertarian theorist97%
PhilosophyMax MorePhilosopher96%
PhilosophyRobert NozickPhilosopher96%
Intellectual lifeHal FinneyCryptographer95%
BusinessJosiah WarrenInventor, Manufacturer, and Anarchist Philosopher95%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Medieval Iceland (Commonwealth)
c. 930–1262A rare society without a central state, medieval Iceland was organized by local chieftains and an assembly, the Althing, settling disputes through laws and private agreements in a decentralized system close to anarchy.
Other close countries
New Hampshire (United States)
Libertarian-fiscal regionA small state in the northeastern United States, New Hampshire is known for its strong libertarian culture, low taxation, absence of a state income tax, and a motto that exalts liberty above all.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyZug (Switzerland)Crypto-fiscal region87%
SociallyNevada (United States)Market-and-gaming region88%
EconomicallyWyoming (United States)Libertarian-extractive region93%
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
- PoliticallyMedieval Iceland (Commonwealth)c. 930–126273%
SociallyDutch Republic (United Provinces)1581–179568%
EconomicallyPinochet's Chile1973–199095%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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Libertarianism
Philosophy that advocates maximum individual freedom and a state reduced to essential functions, valuing private property, free markets, and personal autonomy while rejecting state coercion over life.
- Libertarian
Crypto-Anarchism
Current that uses cryptography and digital technologies to guarantee privacy, freedom, and transactions beyond state control, seeking to weaken surveillance and authority through technological means.
- Libertarian
Libertarian Populism
Branch that unites anti-politics, radical free markets, and direct popular communication, attacking bureaucracies, taxes, and party elites in the name of individual freedom, entrepreneurship, and the sovereignty of the ordinary citizen.
Closest in other spectrums
- Right
Neoliberalism
Current that advocates free markets, deregulation, privatization, and fiscal discipline, reducing the state's economic role and trusting competition and monetary stability as engines of prosperity.
- Right
Liberalism
Political tradition that places individual freedom at the center, defending rights, tolerance, the rule of law, a market economy, and limits on power, with government subject to the consent of citizens.
- Anarchist
Egoist Anarchism
Current founded by Max Stirner in The Ego and Its Own (1844), which rejects the state, morality, religion and rights as spooks and proposes voluntary unions of egoists who associate only while it serves them.
The most distant ideology
Fourth Political TheoryThird Position24%