Anarcho-Individualism

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.

"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."
Lysander Spooner

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 Collectivist Anarchism as the dominant tendency.

Boston Anarchism

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 Mutualism, although some had incorporated Anarcho-Egoism, with Benjamin Tucker combining the aforementioned two to create Ego-Mutualism, and others - like Henry David Thoreau - would go on to influence Eco-Anarchism and Anarcho-Pacifism.

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 Lysander Spooner.

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

Flag of Anarcho-Individualism

Draw a ball;
draw a line in near-black diagonally across the ball;
fill the bottom half of the ball with the same near-black color, and fill the top half with sky blue or turquoise;
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);
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

Anarcho-Nihilism - You get me, I think... wait, what do you mean "atomization?"
Anarcho-Egoism - STIRNER GANG, but you call things "spook" too much. My European variant took a lot from you.
Mutualism - The original anarchist. My Boston variant took a lot from you.
Post-Leftism - You truly understand the lumpenproles 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.
Post-Colonial Anarchism - Fellow colonized lumpens. Fighting against the will of the authoritative majority and not assimilating into their hive mind is based. (Stop calling me a 'white anarchist,' though.)
Autarchy - Only the self may rule their own person.
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.
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?
Anarcho-Capitalism - I at least admire your passion for individualism,freedom, and statelessness, but I'm skeptical of whole capitalism thing. But what if I wanna liberate myself as a worker?
Post-Anarchism - Extremely confusing, but at least a fellow egoist.

Frenemies

Classical Liberalism - Our ideologies come from similar ways of thought, but I'll only be your friend if you reject the state and all those other meaningless social constructs.
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.
Libertarian Municipalism - Collectivist in an anarchist mask; just because we lumpenproles don't want to follow you doesn't make us not anarchists or anti-revolutionary. Also, Bob Black wrecked your ass. In the end we're anarchist fella.
Anarcho-Monarchism - Huh?
Avaritionism - Uh, I think you're taking this a little too far buddy. Seriously are you ok?
Civil Libertarianism - I wouldn't really consider rights given by the state to be true freedom, but at least you try.
Insurrectionary Anarchism - You can take your insurrection too far, to place where you don't fight government but violate individuals.
Anarcho-Conservatism - If personal, then based; if forced on others, it's an oxymoron. Also Orwell was based.

Enemies

Marxism–Leninism -Authoritarian Collectivist; you claim to hate monopolies yet use a monopoly to fight capitalism. Curious.
Fascism -Authoritarian Collectivist; Your bundle is tyranny!
Capitalism - Coward collectivist that said "private property" and then suppress individuality of workers for "efficiency".
Marxism - Collectivist without mask, literally kill all bourgeoisie without any second thoughts and can't accept disagreement to the point of kicking Bakunin out.
Christian Theocracy - You want to limit the freedom of individuals not only by enforced morality but also by state.
Ochlocracy - Literally tyranny of the majority!
Ingsoc & Illuminatism - Worst nightmare that could ever happen.
Death Worship - What the fu- *Obliterated*
Hive-Mind Collectivism - Totalitarian collectivist dystopia ,you are my worst nightmare.
Communalism - I will not give you my personal property.

Further Information

For overlapping political theory see:

Anarcho-Egoism, Mutualism, Left-Wing Market Anarchism, Agorism, Synthesis Anarchism, Philosophical Anarchism, Post-Left Anarchy, Post-Anarchism, Autarchy, Queer Anarchism

Literature

No Treason by 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 Lysander Spooner
Our Enemy, the State by Albert Jay Nock
The Unique and Its Property by Max Stirner
The Production of Security by Gustave de Molinari

Wikipedia

By Region

Online Communities

r/AnarchoIndividualism

Citations

↑ The Spooner-Tucker Doctrine: An Economist's View by Murray N. Rothbard
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Individual Liberty by Benjamin Tucker: "The Anarchists are simply unterrified Jeffersonian Democrats. They believe that 'the best government is that which governs least,' and that that which governs least is no government at all."

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Alternative designs

Ego-Mutualism
Legacy flag design

Artwork and comics

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[1] The Spooner-Tucker Doctrine: An Economist's View by Murray N. Rothbard

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Individual Liberty by Benjamin Tucker: "The Anarchists are simply unterrified Jeffersonian Democrats. They believe that 'the best government is that which governs least,' and that that which governs least is no government at all."

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