Human Nature

Anarcho-Communism and Mutualism

• Empathetic and Sociable: Mankind is naturally empathetic and sociable.

• Social Animals: Human society resembles the animal kingdom, living in social groups (Kropotkin).

• Anti-Competition: Humans are not competitive (anti-Darwinism).

• Collective Goals: People are social animals who prefer to achieve goals collectively. With the state removed, empathy and caring nature will emerge.

Anarcho-Syndicalism

• Similar to other collectivist anarchists, humans are social creatures.

• Emphasizes mankind’s potential for social solidarity, especially within similar occupations.

• Labor and creativity are fundamental to human nature. Work should express creativity.

• Removing the state makes work fulfilling and an expression of personality.

Egoism

• No true altruism exists; people only do things that benefit themselves.

• The ego drives behavior and choices, focusing on self-autonomy.

• Rejects religious ideas, state, and moral codes to promote self-autonomy.

• People are rational and self-interested. Selfishness is logical and reasonable.

Anarcho-Capitalism

• Private property and the ability to trade are critical (Murray Rothbard).

• People are rational and self-interested, prioritizing their own needs.

• Individuals managing their own affairs will make the state irrelevant.

The State

Anarcho-Communism and Mutualism

• People can live in peace and harmony without a state.

• Decisions reached collectively through natural democratic processes.

• Smaller, natural communities control common ownership of production.

• The state suppresses individual liberty and exploits producers and consumers.

Anarcho-Syndicalism

• Socialists want a workers' state; anarchists want cooperative, self-governing workers' federations.

• Solidarity can destroy capitalism and the state.

• Work becomes an expression of creativity without the oppressive state.

• The state should be removed, ideally through revolution.

Egoism

• No need for a state; collectivism doesn't work as power dynamics develop.

• Liberation of the ego from oppressive forces and state control.

Anarcho-Capitalism

• No need for a state; collectivism fails due to inevitable power dynamics.

• Hates state intervention in any affairs (Murray Rothbard).

• State creates monopolies, hindering efficiency and growth.

• State should not exist as it hinders free-market capitalism.

Society

Anarcho-Communism and Mutualism

• People will naturally help each other, ensuring solidarity and progress.

• Grouping based on occupation enhances collective consciousness and solidarity.

• Society should involve cooperative communities free from coercion.

Anarcho-Syndicalism

• Encourages strikes, mass demonstrations, and acts of violence.

• Workers in similar occupations group together to resist capitalism.

• Workers should regain control of their labor and workplaces.

Egoism

• Collaboration to further individual interests.

• Rejection of religious ideas, state, and moral codes for self-autonomy.

• People should not be forced into social groupings, maintaining individual sovereignty.

Anarcho-Capitalism

• People may form connections but should not be forced into groups.

• Individuals maximize benefits in a free-market society without state restrictions.

Economy

Anarcho-Communism and Mutualism

• Capitalism pits people against each other in a competitive struggle.

• Replace capitalism with common ownership of production, distribution, and exchange.

• Economic organization in communes should be voluntary.

Anarcho-Syndicalism

• New social order based on self-governing federations of workers (syndicates).

• Workers' groups exchange labor and goods for mutual benefit.

• These groups will resist capitalism and form the basis of economic organization after its overthrow.

Egoism

• Free individuals will find ways to trade beneficially.

• Individuals focus on self-realization and personal benefit.

Anarcho-Capitalism

• All services should be created and provided by the free market.

• Sales should occur between private individuals without state interference.

• Competition creates better services, even for private policing and courts.

• State monopolies hinder economic growth; capitalism must flourish free from state interference.