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Economic: Social-lib
Governance: Minimal
Coords: X-1 · Y-3
Economic: Social-lib
Governance: Minimal
Coords: X-1 · Y-3
Descriptor
Mutualist
“Free markets, no landlords.”
Exemplar ↓
§ 01
The Idea
What Mutualist actually means.
Mutualism envisions a stateless society based on cooperative markets, mutual credit, and decentralized voluntary associations.
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, a foundational thinker in anarchist and mutualist philosophy, proposed a society based on voluntary cooperation, free credit systems, and worker-owned enterprises. He opposed both capitalist exploitation and centralized state control, advocating for economic arrangements rooted in mutual aid.
§ 02 · Tenets
Core commitments.
01
Property earned by use, not absentee ownership.
02
Free credit through mutual banks.
03
Voluntary contracts replace state law.
04
Workers own their tools and trade output.
05
Federation rather than central state.
§ 03 · Position
Where it sits on the grid.
Economic axis — X-1
SOCIAL-LIB
Full collectivisationUnfettered markets
Governance axis — Y-3
MINIMAL
Total controlNo state at all
§ 04 · Reading List
Canon & critics.
§ Canon
- What Is Property?Pierre-Joseph Proudhon1840 · ~270 pp
- System of Economical ContradictionsPierre-Joseph Proudhon1846 · ~570 pp
§ Critics
- The Poverty of PhilosophyKarl Marx1847 · ~180 pp
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