Anarcho-Conservatism
Current that rejects the state but preserves tradition, religion, and community values, defending a spontaneous social order based on customs, family, and natural authority instead of central political power.
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In one sentence
I want to abolish central political power and live under custom, family and natural authority, in a spontaneous order that preserves tradition and faith.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Very strong · Federal
Structure
- Leaning · Democracy
Representation
- Strong · Liberty
Power
- Strong · Assimilation
Immigration
- Strong · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Strong · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Very strong · Private
Economy
- Very strong · Free market
Control
- Strong · Globalism
Trade
- Very strong · Religious
Religion
- Very strong · Traditionalist
Morality
- Leaning · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Structure
Leans further toward federal than 97% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 36This ideology 99
Of all the axes, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Representation
On Representation, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 58This ideology 58
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Hans-Hermann Hoppe
A German economist, Hoppe radicalized anarcho-capitalism, defending absolute private property and criticizing democracy as a system that erodes freedom, proposing social orders based on voluntary contract.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyRon PaulPolitician94%
SociallyJohn C. CalhounVice president and political theorist90%
EconomicallyJohn McAfeeEntrepreneur and activist99%
Other compatible profiles
PhilosophyAlexis de TocquevillePhilosopher and statesman83%
Intellectual lifeJ. R. R. TolkienWriter and philologist83%
PoliticsThomas JeffersonStatesman83%
EconomicsFrédéric BastiatEconomist81%
PoliticsOtto von HabsburgPolitician81%
EconomicsFriedrich HayekEconomist81%
EconomicsGustave de MolinariPolitical economist80%
EconomicsJavier MileiStatesman and economist80%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Medieval Iceland (Commonwealth)
c. 930–1262A rare society without a central state, medieval Iceland was organized by local chieftains and an assembly, the Althing, settling disputes through laws and private agreements in a decentralized system close to anarchy.
Other close countries
Liechtenstein
Liberal-rentier monarchyA tiny European principality, Liechtenstein is a prosperous constitutional monarchy, with strong local autonomy, a liberal economy based on finance and industry, and one of the highest income levels per capita in the world.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyWyoming (United States)Libertarian-extractive region85%
SociallyTexas (United States)Liberal-energy region86%
EconomicallyNew Hampshire (United States)Libertarian-fiscal region95%
The most distant
Medieval Iceland (Commonwealth)
c. 930–1262A rare society without a central state, medieval Iceland was organized by local chieftains and an assembly, the Althing, settling disputes through laws and private agreements in a decentralized system close to anarchy.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyConfederate States of America1861–186581%
SociallyDutch Republic (United Provinces)1581–179582%
EconomicallyPinochet's Chile1973–199097%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
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- Libertarian
Paleolibertarianism
Branch that combines radical free markets with traditional, conservative cultural values, defending economic freedom, property, and autonomous local communities against the state and progressivism.
- Libertarian
Libertarian Conservatism
Synthesis that unites free markets and a minimal state with the defense of tradition, family, and order, valuing individual freedom and personal responsibility alongside the preservation of customs and institutions.
- Libertarian
Hoppean Libertarianism
Current linked to Hans-Hermann Hoppe that unites anarcho-capitalism, absolute private property, and criticism of democracy, defending social orders based on contract, voluntary exclusion, and private authority.
Closest in other spectrums
- Center
Confederal Republicanism
Tradition of republics made of sovereign provinces or cantons, such as the Dutch Republic and the old Swiss Confederacy, with local self-government, open trade, armed neutrality and deep-rooted Protestant faith.
- Right
Agrarianism
Republican tradition that idealizes the small landowning farmer as the basis of civic virtue and liberty, advocating wide distribution of land, limited and decentralized government, and distrust of banks, public debt, industry and large cities.
- Far-Right
Confederate Conservatism
Ideology of the slaveholding South that sustained the Confederacy, joining states' rights and secession, racial hierarchy and slavery, a patriarchal Christian agrarian society, free trade and militarism.
The most distant ideology
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