Individualist anarchism

Individualist anarchism emphasizes individual will over external determinants such as groups, society, traditions and ideological systems.

Quotes

• If I am duty-bound to the particular government in possession of the country I live in, I stultify myself. So I do whatever or wherever the government. The feeling of duty prevents my judging correctly as to where my self-interest lies. To act for my best advantage, I require freedom to act as I like, and, so long as I allow the same freedom to others, the just demands of others can no further go, as far as I am concerned. I, who recognise no political duty, am free to form an opinion as to whether the great political machine over me — the British Empire, to-wit — is worth preserving. There’s a gain in being able to take that standpoint; on the other hand, men become voluntary slaves to the State by harboring ideas of political duty.
  • John Badcock, Jr., Slaves to Duty (1894)

• I, who have the strength and awareness to be my own motive force, will not be the little cog that is overwhelmed, annihilated by the heavy social gears.
  • Bruno Filippi, The Rebel’s Dark Laughter: The Writings of Bruno Filippi (1918)

See also

• Anarchism
• Individualism