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 topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Very strong · Federal
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Very strong · Liberty
Power
- Strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Strong · Internationalist
Nationalism
- Leaning · Public
Economy
- Leaning · Planning
Free market
- Strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Balanced
Morality
- Very strong · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Technology
Leans further toward biology than 100% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 58This ideology 3
Of all the topics, Technology is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Free market
On Free market, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 61This ideology 62
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 ThoreauWriter97%
SociallyFranz KafkaWriter96%
EconomicallyHu JintaoGeneral Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party100%
Other compatible profiles
Political theoryJohn ZerzanPhilosopher95%
PhilosophyGustav LandauerCommunitarian anarchist philosopher94%
PhilosophyArne NæssPhilosopher94%
PoliticsAbdullah ÖcalanPolitical leader93%
Political theoryGuy DebordMarxist theorist and Situationist93%
Intellectual lifeLeo TolstoyWriter92%
ActivismJosé BovéActivist92%
Political theoryAndré GorzPhilosopher91%
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
PoliticallyVermont (United States)Progressive-communal region93%
SociallyRojava (North and East Syria)Democratic-egalitarian confederalism90%
EconomicallyMichigan (United States)Union Democratic region100%
The most distant
Anarchist Aragon and Catalonia
1936–1939During the Spanish Revolution, regions of Aragon and Catalonia lived an anarchist experiment of collectivizing land and factories, with workers' self-management and social organization without a central state.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyFree Territory (Makhnovshchina)1918–192192%
SociallyParis CommuneMarch–May 187183%
EconomicallyAncient Egyptc. 3100–30 BCE100%
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 NeoliberalismFar-Right25%