principles-of-anarchism

Anarchism is incompatible with urbanism
and industrialism.
For human beings to exercise their
freedom of action most effectively, logic
suggests that each man should come into
contact with as few other men as possible, so
that his freedom of action is likely to be
minimally constrained by conflict with them.
e higher the number of human beings in a
given area, the higher the number of conflicts
that will occur and the higher the number of
individuals who will be having their freedom of
action suppressed in war, simply as a result of
population density. Consequently, a small,
widely dispersed population is most conducive
to the practice of anarchism. For this reason,
the existence of cities and industries, both of
which require large concentrations of
individuals in order to function, creates
unfavorable conditions for the exercise of
individual freedom of action. Beyond the risk
of constant conflict resulting from a high
population density, urban environments also
place an additional restraint on freedom of
action in that they require interdependence in
order to ensure physical survival. Individuals
who are members of a large, integrated
community are incapable of feeding, clothing,
housing, and otherwise providing for
themselves on the basis of their own efforts.
us, in order for anarchism to exist in practice,
without any authority and with complete
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