IDEOLOGY PROFILE / ANARCHISM

Mutualism.

An anti-capitalist tradition favoring reciprocal exchange, worker association, and possession-based property without a centralized state.

AnarchismSocialism

AT A GLANCE

Defining principles

01Reciprocal exchange

02Voluntary associations and worker possession

These are broad descriptions of an intellectual tradition. Individual adherents, historical organizations, and governments may differ.

THE PROFILE

How this tradition is modeled

Our model scores positions on independent dimensions. A dimension omitted here is not treated as a neutral belief; it simply isn’t a defining part of this profile.

You Mutualism

Political economy

Private property33

Market exchange85

Economic planning8

Worker control95

State ownership0

Institutions

Centralization0

Civil liberties100

Local autonomy100

Society & identity

Social hierarchy10

Scale: 0–100 within each dimension. Bars show relative positioning, not strength of conviction. Unanswered dimensions are omitted.

YOUR PROFILE

You and this tradition

similarity

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THE DISTINCTIONS

Compare with another ideology

Mutualismvs.

Combines social or worker ownership of productive assets with substantial use of market exchange.

State ownership

Mutualism 0Market Socialism 38

Centralization

Mutualism 0Market Socialism 30

Economic planning

Mutualism 8Market Socialism 33

Private property

Mutualism 33Market Socialism 15

Civil liberties

Mutualism 100Market Socialism 85

Numbers indicate model positions on a 0–100 scale, not a moral ranking or measure of certainty.