To What Extent Are Anarchists United In Their Views On The Economy? (24)

AGREE State is economically exploitative

Individualist

Stirner – argued that taxation and state authority restrict individual freedom; individuals should be free from all external constraints and control their own property.

Collectivist

Proudhon – people are forced into a exploitative capitalist system just to survive – proposed mutualism where all means of production are exchanged via a voucher system.

State creates inequality

DISAGREE Property and ownership

Individualists - defend private property

Stirner - individuals should act to satisfy their needs including keeping the product of their own labour

Collectivist

Kropotkin: applies to all, believed in collective ownership of property governed by natural laws - kibbutz Israel.

Proudhon - "property is theft" - private property used to exploit individuals was illegitimate, e.g a landlord as they can make money without labour, but personal property is still important

Disagreements within collectivist thinkers.

DISAGREE How the economy is organised

Individualist

Stirner -economy should be formed on voluntary agreements that are non-binding, only cooperate to the extent that it satisfies their individual needs

Collectivist - economy organised through communes based on cooperation and mutual aid

Kropotkin - wealth results from a collective effort. "All belongs to all". - goods should be shared rather than individually owned. Cooperation is voluntary but seen as the societal norm

DISAGREE Currency

Individualist

Stirner - currency should stay the same

Collectivist

Kropotkin - no currency as he believed that society should provide for all of its citizen's needs.