Mutualism

Template:CharacterMutualismball is an economically left-wing (but pro-market), anarchist and culturally variable ideology primarily based upon the writings of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. He advocates for a socialist system based on a free market economy and usufructs, the introduction of a mutual credit bank, ownership of the means of production by either the workers collectively or by the individual(s) using them, and the representation of trade by equal amounts of labour in the free market. Additionally, he is strongly in favour of individual liberty and can be seen as the unifying ideology between the social and individualist and the social and market schools of anarchist thought.

Stylistic Notes

Mutualismball is known to reject traditional currency, instead proposing an alternative system based upon "labour notes", which is sometimes used as a running joke. He often attempts to unify the left and right anarchists through his proposed mix of socialism and a market economy, to varying degrees of success. Sometimes, his relative obscurity is played upon in comics ("what actually is mutualism?"). While he does not have strong established cultural views and leans progressive like his fellow anarchists, he has had a history of occasionally making sexist or anti-Semitic remarks, much to the dismay of his friends (this being a reference to certain views espoused by Proudhon himself). However, he seems somewhat ashamed of these past mistakes, having been heard saying "my ideal society would have sent me to the guillotine for being too conservative".

Relationships

Friends

• Anarchismball - Love you mom <3
• Agorismball - My best friend and fellow lover of anarchism and underground markets
• Anarcho-Individualismball - My other best friend and fellow lover of individual liberties
• Ansyndball - Worker's unions are cool
• Market Anarchismball - Anarchism and market economics are both based
• Libertarian Socialismball - Close friend, both a protector of liberty and the working people
• Libertarian Market Socialismball - My dear but slightly misguided brother
• File:Ego.png Egoismball - My edgy wacky brother who also agrees that individual liberty is the greatest value of all
• Anarcho-Frontierismball - Weird yee-haw brother

Frenemies

• Anarcho-Communismball - I like you, even if we argue about economics all the time
• Market Socialismball - No dad, anarchism doesn't just mean chaos. I'm glad we agree on economics at least
• Anarcho-Capitalismball - I respect your admiration for the free market, but I'll only be your friend if you drop the whole capitalism thing
• National Anarchismball - Good economics, but can you calm down with the reactionary politics please?
• Sorelianismball - My weird statist, traditionalist and yet secular counterpart

Enemies

• Authoritarian Capitalismball - Death to capitalism and the state!
• Conservatismball - The idea of an anti-government and pro-market socialist must make his head explode

How to Draw

1. Draw a ball with eyes
2. Draw a diagonal bicolour of orange and black
3. (Optional) Draw two curved arrows which form a circle, an orange one in the black section and a black one in the orange section.

You're done.

Further Information

Books

• What is Property?
• The Principle of Federation
• The Economics of Anarchy
• Mutual Banking: Showing the Radical Deficiency of the Present Circulating Medium and the Advantages of a Free Currency

Wikipedia Articles

• Mutualism
• Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

YouTube Videos

• What is Mutualism? by Fizzy The Mutualist
• Various schools of Anarchism explained with Tacos. (1:16) by Srlsy Wrong

Online Communities

• r/Mutualism
• r/MutualistsForBitcoin