Mutualism
Anarchist current founded by Proudhon that advocates fair exchange, free credit, and use-based property, with producers and cooperatives trading among themselves without exploitation, bosses, or a central state.
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Anarchist current founded by Proudhon that advocates fair exchange, free credit, and use-based property, with producers and cooperatives trading among themselves without exploitation, bosses, or a central state.
EDITORIAL SUMMARY
I want cooperatives and producers trading fairly, with free credit and possession by use, free of bosses, exploitation and a central state.
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This position is 60.0 points from the median of the 257 ideology profiles in this collection.
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This position is 2.5 points from this collection’s median.
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An American writer, Thoreau championed civil disobedience, simple living in contact with nature, and the right to resist unjust laws, influencing pacifists and environmentalists.
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Synthesis that unites mutualism with a minimal state, combining fair exchange, cooperatives, and free credit with a public structure reduced to the essential functions of protecting rights, contracts, and freedoms.
Synthesis of anarchism and Georgism that rejects the state but treats land and natural resources as commons, defending that their rent be shared by the whole community in a free and egalitarian way.
Branch that reconciles socialist ideals with strong emphasis on personal autonomy and freedom, defending cooperation and collective ownership without sacrificing each person's independence and uniqueness.
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