Anarcho-Individualism

"If our fathers, in 1776, had acknowledged the principle that a majority had the right to rule the minority, we should never have become a nation; for they were in a small minority, as compared with those who claimed the right to rule over them."

File:Spooner.png Lysander Spooner

Anarcho-Individualism, or AnInd for short, is an economically variable and culturally variable anarchist ideology that emphasizes the individual and the will of the individual over external determinants - such as: society, groups, tradition, and ideologies - seeing the abolition of the state as the fullest realization of individual liberty. He believes that without any government, individuals will pursue their personal objectives and work together in mutual self-interest to create a stable and harmonious anarchist society.

History

Within anarchism, individualist anarchism is primarily a literary phenomenon since social anarchism has been the dominant form of anarchism, emerging in the late 19th century as a distinction from individualist anarchism, after Anarcho-Communism had replaced File:Acol.png Collectivist Anarchism as the dominant tendency.

Boston Anarchism

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Flag of Ego-Mutualism

One of the most well-known individualist anarchist scenes originates from the Boston area in the United States. Thinkers who came from this scene had primarily been influenced by File:Mutalist.png Mutualism, although some had incorporated File:Anego.png Anarcho-Egoism, with Benjamin Tucker combining the aforementioned two to create File:Egomut.png Ego-Mutualism, and others - like Henry David Thoreau - would go on to influence File:Aneco.png Eco-Anarchism and File:Anpacf.png Anarcho-Pacifism.

Stirnerite Egoism

WIP

Foundations

Individualist Anarchism has been popularised and heavily influenced by the ideas/works of European philosophers William Godwin, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, and Max Stirner, and American philosophers Benjamin Tucker, Josiah Warren, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and File:Anarchristian.png Lysander Spooner.

Variants

File:Indlibsoc.png Wildeanism

Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet, and critic, widely recognized for his contributions to literature and his flamboyant social persona. Born in Dublin in 1854, Wilde was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and later at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he developed a deep appreciation for classical literature, File:Aesthetic.pngaesthetic philosophy, and the works of figures such as Plato and Walter Pater. His early literary career encompassed poetry and criticism, emphasizing the principles of aestheticism and the cultivation of beauty as a moral and artistic ideal.

Wilde synthesized aestheticism, radical individualism, and anarchist-inspired critiques of societal norms. Central to Wilde’s thought is a commitment to anti-authoritarianism, opposition to conventional morality, and skepticism toward state, religious, and File:Anticap.pngcapitalist structures that constrain personal and artistic freedom. His writings frequently challenge prevailing social hierarchies and advocate for the liberation of the individual from both formal institutions and cultural orthodoxy, reflecting elements of File:Anego.pnganarcho-egoism, File:Libsoc.pnglibertarian socialism, and File:Kropotkin.pngKropotkinist anarchism.

Throughout his life, Wilde engaged with a range of political and philosophical movements. He expressed File:AntiDem.pnganti-democratic and File:Anti-Patriotism.pnganti-patriotic sentiments in certain works, critiqued the inequalities perpetuated by capitalist society, and experimented with ideas of File:Christsoc.pngChristian socialism and File:Anarchristian.pngChristian anarchism. His literary works, including The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest, reflect both his aesthetic commitments and his radical social critique, often blending wit with subversive commentary on morality, conformity, and cultural hypocrisy.

Wilde also demonstrated an engagement with broader European intellectual traditions, drawing inspiration from File:Romanticism.pngRomanticism, File:Hellenism.pngGreco-Roman philosophy, and File:Utsoc.pngutopian social theory. His association with File:IrelandHarp.pngIrish nationalism and republicanism reflects his interest in anti-colonial and radical social movements, while his later embrace of File:Catheo.pngCatholicism on his deathbed demonstratesa complex, evolving relationship with spiritual and moral questions. Additionally, Wilde’s explorations of sexuality and gender, particularly through File:Anqueer.pngqueer anarchist perspectives, positioned him as a forerunner in critiques of normative sexuality and social repression.

Personality and Behavior

AnInd is often depicted as passionate about individual liberty and can be shown to have a disdain for any sort of authority or hierarchies, as well as having a strong sense of self and resistance to tradition and conformity. AnInd often prefers to "go his own way" as opposed to letting his ideas be influenced by those around him and usually keeps himself busy with his own affairs. Although he is sometimes willing to work with his fellow anarchists if it benefits him to do so, he is equally likely to be seen debating with them, keeping true to his ideological convictions of true individual liberty.

How to Draw

File:Anind flag2.svg

Flag of Anarcho-Individualism

1. Draw a ball;
2. draw a line in near-black diagonally across the ball;
3. fill the bottom half of the ball with the same near-black color, and fill the top half with sky blue or turquoise;
4. draw an uppercase letter "I" in the middle of the ball, in opposite colors to the ball (i.e. black on turquoise, turquoise on black);
5. add the eyes, and you're done!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Black	#202020	rgb(32, 32, 32)
	Turquoise	#00FFDA	rgb(0, 255, 218)

Relationships

Friends

• File:Mutalist.png Mutualism - The original anarchist, and my economics is basically your economics.
• File:Anego.png Anarcho-Egoism - My European variant took a lot from you, but I'm not sure about immoralism. I just want my rights.
• File:Anpostleft.png Post-Leftism - You truly understand the lumpenproletariat fight is one for self-determination from the tyranny of the majority and rightfully call out many of the left who have become the very statists they claimed to oppose.
• File:Postconan.png Post-Colonial Anarchism - Fellow colonized lumpens. Fighting against the will of the authoritative majority and not assimilating into their imperialistic tyranny is based. (Stop calling me a 'white anarchist,' though.)
• File:Autarch.png Autarchy - Only the self may rule their own person.
• File:Anqueer.png Queer Anarchism - Even if most of you are a bit too idpol obsessed, and many of your modern followers on social media take a very moralistic and puritanical approach, I'll always be for the sexual freedom of any consenting adults no matter what.
• File:Anpacf.png Anarcho-Pacifism - True peace emerges from individuality and respect towards others lives, not from tyrannical silencing.
• File:Post-an.png Post-Anarchism - I don't get all of this postmodernist chaos, but I guess we can be friends.
• File:Agorismf.png Agorism - Never give up the freedom of exchange, both to statist cucks as well as corporate fascists.
• File:AnAg.png Agrarian Anarchism - Small farm, homesteading, seems like based way to run away from tyranny without engaging into politics as well as violent revolution.
• File:Auton.png Autonomism and File:Communization.png Communization Theory - Yes! Workers' autonomy! Ignore that organizational nonsense and let's dance.
• File:Volu.png Voluntaryism - Yes! Everything should be voluntary and up to me!
• File:AnProgcon.png Progressive Conservatism - Culture should be voluntary, whatever and whichever lifestyle I choose will ALWAYS be my choice.

Frenemies

• Anarcho-Capitalism - I try hard to admire your passion for individualism, freedom, and statelessness, but I'm extremely skeptical of your property worship. Wage labor is just a neologism for slavery and feudalism; it has nothing to do with voluntariness, not to mention Hoppe and Block, who are reinforcing totalitarianism in all of their wicked theories.
• Anarcho-Communism - I'm a little skeptical about this whole communism thing, but a fair portion of you seem to care about individual liberty as I do, at least in theory. But what if I wanna start a business?
• File:Acol.png Anarcho-Collectivism - Collectivism is incompatible with anarchism! However, we both like to smash the status quo together. And at least the collectivism part of your name isn't 100% literal.
• File:Annil.png Anarcho-Nihilism - You get me, I think... wait, what do you mean "atomization?" You seem to give up your dreams and values towards the path of negation.
• File:Clib.png Classical Liberalism - Our ideologies come from similar ways of thought, but I'll only be your friend if you reject the state and all of this meaningless social contract delusion. Aside from all of this, you're the one who started the whole lib thing, which led to me.
• File:Illeg.png Illegalism - Chill man, freedom doesn't mean you can murder and steal for no reason.
• File:Civlibert.png Civil Libertarianism - I wouldn't really consider rights given by the state to be true freedom, but at least you try.
• File:Insan2.png Insurrectionary Anarchism - You can take your insurrection too far, to place where you don't fight government but violate individuals.
• File:Ancon.png Anarcho-Conservatism - Kind of an oxymoron, but tolerable as long as you don't force your beliefs onto others. Orwell was cool though.
• File:Anprim.png Anarcho-Primitivism - We laughed, we scapegoated, but looking through all of modern society, it really looks like a reasonable solution. But why can't I have my robot arms if it makes MY life better?

Enemies

• Marxism–Leninism - An exert collectivist; you claim to hate imperialism and slavery yet you are exemplar of imperialism and slavery under the guise of "socialism". Curious.
• File:Fash.png Fascism - The bundle of tyranny!
• Capitalism - Coward collectivist that said "private property" and then suppress individuality of workers for "efficiency".
• File:Ormarxf.png Marxism - Collectivist without mask, literally kill all bourgeoisie without any second thoughts and can't accept disagreement to the point of kicking Bakunin out.
• File:Bckchn.png Libertarian Municipalism - Collectivist in an anarchist mask; just because we don't want to follow you doesn't make us not anarchists or anti-revolutionary. Also, Bob Black wrecked your ass.
• File:Christy.png Christian Theocracy - You want to limit the freedom of individuals not only by enforced morality but also by state.
• File:Ochlo.png Ochlocracy - Literally tyranny of the majority!
• File:Ingsocf.png Ingsoc & File:Illum.png Illuminatism - Worst nightmare that could ever happen.
• File:Communalist.png Communalism - I will not give you my personal property.
• File:Catheo.png Catholic Theocracy - An entire pseudo-religion built on absolute obedience towards centralized, oligarchical institution with total control over all your ways of thinking. You are pure evil and have nothing to do with God.
• File:Avar.png Avaritionism - As far as I stay away from using violence against other individuals, the only people I actually support being killed are greedy pedophilic psychopaths like you.

Further Information

For overlapping political theory see:

File:Anego.png Anarcho-Egoism, File:Mutualist.png Mutualism, File:Anmark2.png Left-Wing Market Anarchism, File:Agorismf.png Agorism, File:Synthesisanarchy.png Synthesis Anarchism, File:Philan.png Philosophical Anarchism, File:Anpostleft.png Post-Left Anarchy, File:Post-an.png Post-Anarchism, File:Autarch.png Autarchy, File:Anqueer.png Queer Anarchism

Literature

• No Treason by File:Anarchristian.png Lysander Spooner
• Instead of a Book by a Man Too Busy to Write One: A Fragmentary Exposition of Philosophical Anarchism by Benjamin R. Tucker
• Individual Liberty by Benjamin R. Tucker (same book as above, but edited)
• The Unconstitutionality of Slavery by File:Anarchristian.png Lysander Spooner
• Our Enemy, the State by File:ORA.png Albert Jay Nock
• The Unique and Its Property by Max Stirner
• The Production of Security by Gustave de Molinari

Wikipedia

• Individualist anarchism
• William Godwin
• Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
• John Henry Mackay
• Lev Chernyi
• Oscar Wilde
• Lysander Spooner File:Anarchristian.png
• Benjamin R. Tucker
• Josiah Warren
• Henry David Thoreau
• William Batchelder Greene
• Stephen Pearl Andrews

By Region

• Europe
• United States

Online Communities

• r/AnarchoIndividualism

Gallery

Portraits

• File:AnarchoIndividualism-staswalle.png
• File:AnInd Remake.png

Alternative designs

• Ego-Mutualism
  Ego-Mutualism
• Legacy flag design
  Legacy flag design

Artwork and comics

• u/Ihavretard Source
  u/Ihavretard Source
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