Communalism
Model created by Murray Bookchin based on autonomous municipalities and federated popular assemblies, with a community economy and direct democracy, seeking to replace the state with a free confederation.
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In one sentence
I want autonomous municipalities with federated popular assemblies, a community economy and direct democracy, replacing the state with a free confederation.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Very strong · Federal
Structure
- Very strong · Democracy
Representation
- Strong · Liberty
Power
- Very strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Very strong · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Very strong · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Very strong · Public
Economy
- Strong · Planning
Control
- Strong · Protectionism
Trade
- Very strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Very strong · Progressive
Morality
- Leaning · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Structure
Leans further toward federal than 95% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 36This ideology 98
Of all the axes, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Trade
On Trade, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 63This ideology 76
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Murray Bookchin
An American thinker, Bookchin created social ecology and communalism, defending autonomous municipalities, direct democracy, and harmony with nature, influencing radical environmentalism and the Rojava experiment.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyDaniel GuérinLibertarian socialist96%
SociallyNoam ChomskyLinguist and thinker97%
EconomicallySalvador AllendeStatesman100%
Other compatible profiles
Political theoryAndré GorzPhilosopher95%
Political theoryPeter KropotkinAnarchist theorist95%
PhilosophyArne NæssPhilosopher95%
PhilosophyJean-Paul SartrePhilosopher95%
ActivismJosé BovéActivist94%
ActivismJeremy CorbynPolitician94%
PhilosophyMichel FoucaultPhilosopher94%
PoliticsAbdullah ÖcalanPolitical leader93%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Rojava (North and East Syria)
Democratic-egalitarian confederalismAn autonomous region in northern Syria, Rojava organizes itself through democratic confederalism, with local self-management, gender equality, ethnic pluralism, and ecology, inspired by the libertarian ideas of Abdullah Öcalan.
Other close countries
Rojava (North and East Syria)
Democratic-egalitarian confederalismAn autonomous region in northern Syria, Rojava organizes itself through democratic confederalism, with local self-management, gender equality, ethnic pluralism, and ecology, inspired by the libertarian ideas of Abdullah Öcalan.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyZapatista Chiapas (Mexico)Indigenous-communal autonomy89%
SociallyScotland (United Kingdom)Independentist social-democratic nation81%
EconomicallyVenezuelaStatist-socialist authoritarianism100%
The most distant
Anarchist Aragon and Catalonia
1936–1939During the Spanish Revolution, regions of Aragon and Catalonia lived an anarchist experiment of collectivizing land and factories, with workers' self-management and social organization without a central state.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyParis Communemarço–maio de 187192%
SociallyFree Territory (Makhnovshchina)1918–192191%
EconomicallyGaddafi's Libya1969–201199%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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- Anarchist
Libertarian Socialism
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Closest in other spectrums
- Left
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- Left
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- Left
Indigenism
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