Anarcho-primitivism
Anarcho-primitivism argues that the shift to agriculture and industrial civilisation created hierarchy, alienation and ecological destruction. It advocates a return to non-civilised, small-scale ways of life, drawing on writers such as John Zerzan.
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Envisions only small autonomous bands with no larger political structure.
Favours informal, egalitarian decision-making rather than formal democratic institutions.
Rejects the state and all institutional forms of control.
Rejects nations and international institutions alike, so neither pole applies.
Opposes organised warfare but does not have a pacifist doctrine.
Without nations, questions of immigration and national culture have little meaning.
Favours sharing within small groups, rejecting accumulated private wealth.
Rejects state planning along with all large-scale economic organisation.
Opposes global trade and industrial supply chains entirely.
No religious doctrine, though some adherents draw on animist or spiritual ideas.
Critiques modern hierarchies, yet looks backward to pre-civilised life; mixed on this axis.
Defined by rejection of industrial technology and civilisation itself.