Anarchism

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Anarchism is political philosophy where society has no government, laws, or other authority, except a free association of all its members. Anarchism also considers government and hierarchical forms of social organization to be unnecessary and undesirable.

Till recently the term "libertarianism" was often used as a synonym for anarchism.

Anarchism is anti-authoritarian interpretations of communism, collectivism, syndicalism or participatory economics. Anarchism is therefore considered to be a radical left-wing ideology.

Anarchism derives from the Greek anarchos, meaning "without rulers", from the prefix an-, "without"+ archê, "sovereignty or magistracy".

Libertarianism is a term used by political philosophies which seek to promote individual liberty and seek to minimize or abolish the state.

“left-libertarianism” endorses full self-ownership, but differs on unappropriated natural resources. "Right-libertarianism" holds that unappropriated natural resources may be appropriated by individuals. "Left-libertarianism" holds that unappropriated natural resources belong to everyone and must be distributed in some egalitarian manner.

Leonard Read rejected the concepts of "left" and "right" libertarianism, calling them "authoritarian."

Libertarian socialism is often used as a synonym for non-individualist anarchism or socialist anarchism, to dilineate it from individualist libertarianism.

People who do not use "libertarianism" as a synonym for anarchism but use it to refer to individualistic free-market philosophy only, refer to free-market anarchism as "libertarian anarchism."

Libertarianism is also synonymous with classical liberalism.

The word libertarian is an antonym of authoritarian. Till recently the term "libertarianism" was often used as a synonym for anarchism.

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