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.
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In one sentence
I want a life protected by cryptography, free of surveillance and borders that block transactions, dissolving the state's authority through technology.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Very strong · Federal
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Very strong · Liberty
Power
- Very strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Strong · Internationalist
Nationalism
- Very strong · Private
Economy
- Very strong · Free market
Free market
- Very strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Leaning · Progressive
Morality
- Very strong · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Structure
Leans further toward federal than 97% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 38This ideology 98
Of all the topics, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Representation
On Representation, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 60This ideology 85
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Phil Zimmermann
An American cryptographer, Zimmermann created PGP, making strong cryptography accessible to everyone and defending digital privacy as a right, becoming a reference for crypto-anarchism and civil liberties.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallySatoshi NakamotoCreator of Bitcoin98%
SociallyMax MorePhilosopher98%
EconomicallyLudwig von MisesEconomist100%
Other compatible profiles
ActivismEzra HeywoodIndividualist anarchist97%
ActivismJohn McAfeeEntrepreneur and activist96%
EconomicsDavid FriedmanEconomist and anarcho-capitalist theorist96%
Political theorySamuel Edward Konkin IIILibertarian theorist95%
Intellectual lifeLysander SpoonerJurist95%
Political theoryBenjamin TuckerAnarchist95%
Intellectual lifeHal FinneyCryptographer95%
BusinessJosiah WarrenInventor, Manufacturer, and Anarchist Philosopher94%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Switzerland
Liberal direct democracyA European federal confederation, Switzerland is known for its direct democracy, strong cantonal autonomy, historic neutrality, and a prosperous economy based on finance, precision industry, and institutional stability.
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
PoliticallyColorado (United States)Liberal Democratic region82%
SociallyVirginia (United States)Moderate Democratic region83%
EconomicallyWyoming (United States)Libertarian-extractive region97%
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 Catalonia1936–193974%
SociallyParis CommuneMarch–May 187166%
EconomicallyPinochet's Chile1973–199098%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Libertarian
- Libertarian
Progressive Libertarianism
Branch that pursues gender equality through individual freedom and the market rather than the state, defending autonomy, equal rights, and the end of legal restrictions on women's choices.
- Libertarian
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.
- Libertarian
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.
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.
- Anarchist
Techno-Anarchism
Technological anarchism that proposes abolishing the state through automation, abundant energy, decentralized networks, and self-managed voluntary communities with digital tools and free local production.
- 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
FalangismThird Position20%