Anarcho-Frontierism

Fictional Ideology

"The party would like to remind you this ideology has never existed" - Ingsoc
This article is about a fictional ideology and has no foundation in real life political movements.

"Things look genuinely optimistic for the future of space exploration and human expansion into the solar system. The reason for hopefulness doesn’t lie with the state[.]"

Kevin Carson

Anarcho-Frontierism (Anfront) is an anarchist, transhumanist, economically center, culturally centrist ideology, inhabiting the bottom of the Political Compass. He believes that "true anarchist societies can only exist on the frontiers of... civilization" and so advocates for transhumanism to expand the frontier into space. His social system includes a largely limited state or the abolishment of the state altogether. His economic system is heavily based on his father; Mutualism. Anarcho-Frontierism isn't hostile to market systems and seeks to create a system that combines their best aspects. His cultural ideals include protection of gun ownership, legalization of recreational drugs, sexual freedom, often touched upon in comics. Anfront finds preserving culture necessary for social cohesion, especially when it comes to art, language and history. Despite being related to Transhumanism, Anarcho-Frontierism supports only augmentation and enhancement of the human body without changing the human nature itself.

Stylistic Notes

Anfront often speaks English with a mix of Russian, Spanish, Chinese, or other languages; and uses inverted question marks and exclamation points, American cowboy slang (pardner, y'all, yeehaw, goner) and some Australian words (g'day, jackaroo). He's always seen in his cowboy hat, ushanka, sombrero, Canadian Beaver Fut Hat, Hetman's Headpiece or other type of headwear popular on the frontier depending on the location, and climate. At times (Especially when he represents An-Front with tribal characteristics or is with his tribal allies) he may be seen with some cyber-tribal regalia, or with war-paint You can make a special version of Anarcho-Frontierism with a specific country's characteristics by adding this country's headwear and popular weapons/tools (e.g. an AK-47 and a Ushanka for Russia, a Mondragón rifle and a Sombrero for Mexico, a Heatman's Headpice and wooden mace for Ukraine, etc). Anfront often has a gun (which can be any "classic", non-tacticool weapon, mostly from the USA and Russia. AK-47, Browning A-5, Colt SAA or Mondragón Rifle are all good examples) or a bow (Mongolian or Native American style), a machete, a bottle of strong alcohol, a weed joint or a musical instrument (mostly guitars and banjos). He also often has a red cyborg eye. Soft-spoken, calm and polite when at peace. Goes full-on yeehaw mode when provoked. Can be flirty, especially with other lib ideologies. Always tries to reconcile all libertarian/anarchist ideologies to work together. Relationship wise, He is typically a lone-wolf and a vagabond but sometimes forms small unions or parties with ideologically like-minded allies. While he is distant from most people, he is closest with Indigenous Anarchism which they have a long and complex history together in the frontier, both as best friends and at times great rivals. Often times he may have to go on great adventures to defend himself against Neo-Tribals and Cyber-Techno-Hordes as well as to protect the frontier from Imperialist and Colonial powers who want to take it and implement a state for themselves.

Variants

Dutch van der Linde Thought

Dutch has an anarchistic worldview similiar to a Hunter-Gatherer Society, one that opposes technology and governmental control where one must fight to survive but may also live the * lifestyle they choose, free from any rules and regulations; a world where men live very much like they did in the old, idealized Wild West. Dutch shows a common disgust and contempt for "cultured" towns like Blackwater and industrialized urban centers like Saint Denis, as these locations serve as monuments to technological and industrial progression, and government-enforced order, conformity, and peace, all of which Dutch violently opposes. Van der Linde considers technological and industrial progress as methods by which the federal government can exert authority and control over the general population, especially disenfranchised groups of people, such as Native Americans and those who live in poverty.

Dutch's philosophy is reactionary, desiring a return to the older ways. While the New West of the 20th century promotes clothing, technology, culture, and civilization, Dutch wants to move back to the Old West of the 19th century, which promotes survival, discipline, resourcefulness, and fitness by using skill and courage to overcome hardship. As the culture in the West progresses towards a modernist view that praises and rewards forced conformity, incorporation, order, and employment on a large societal scale, Van der Linde would prefer people to remain civilized where they are and allow the Old West to survive in the way to which it has grown accustomed. If the Federal Government will not allow him or his people to live their lives the way they wish, he will fight for his perceived right to live as he wishes.

It should be noted that Dutch's heavy emphasis on personal values such as liberty, equality, cultural tolerance, and natural law aligns with many ideas that encompassed the Age of Enlightenment movement during the 18th century. Many of the models and theories proposed during this time are currents of thought that Dutch frequently uses to share his beliefs. Van der Linde is a particularly frequent user of the Social Contract. Dutch's worldview states that law and political order are neither natural nor dependent on government and that human rights are universal and inalienable. Dutch often laments that in the increasingly modernized America, individual rights and freedoms must be sacrificed to an authority he views as greedy, dishonest, exploitative, and prejudiced. The Old West is the perfect environment for a society based on natural rights, which is why Dutch violently opposes anything that threatens to end this way of life.

Earth-Centric Anarcho-Frontierism

Earth-Centric Anarcho-Frontierism is a somewhat broad variant of Anarcho-Frontierism that either believes civilization didn't take over the Earth yet, and there are still places where you can practice anarchism on the frontier, that civilization HAS taken over but can be reversed to a frontier-state, or some combination of the two. Those who insist frontiers still exist on Earth commonly point to less developed areas in Africa, Asia, etc.

How to Draw

Flag of Anarcho-Frontierism

Drawing Anfront is fairly simple:

1. Draw a ball.
2. Draw a line in a lighter shade of black diagonally through the ball.
3. Fill the space below the line the same color of the line and the space above the line tan.
4. Use white to draw a railroad spike straight up and down, a lever-action rifle aiming towards the top right, and a tomahawk with the head on the top left. You can change the rifle and the tomahawk to the weapons popular on your particular frontier to create a special regional version (e.g. an AK-47 and a Mongolian bow for Siberia).
5. Add a cowboy hat with the outline in deep brown and filled in with a lighter shade.
6. Optionally, add a guitar or banjo in peace or a gun (made of wood, ivory, and metal, usually of American or Russian production) in battle.
7. Add the eyes (left eye, i.e., on your right, optionally red), and you're done!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Black	#141414	rgb(20, 20, 20)
	Tan	#D2B48C	rgb(210, 180, 140)
	White	#FFFFFF	rgb(255, 255, 255)
	Deep brown	#312421	rgb(49, 36, 33)
	Lighter brown	#463631	rgb(70, 54, 49)
	Red	#FF0000	rgb(255, 0, 0)

Relations

Pardners

• Anarcho-Transhumanism and Libertarian Transhumanism - The best way to create a new Frontier is to go to space. I also like you want to get robot arms!
• Eco-Anarchism - The nature and ecosystem in the Frontier is worth protecting!
• Georgism - Landlords are cringe.
• Geolibertarianism - Landlords are cringe x2!
• Geoanarchism - Landlords are cringe x3
• Social Georgism - Landlords are cringe x4
• Distributism - Best economic system that uses private property.
• Anarcho-Distributism - The above but waaayy more dope.
• Left-Wing Market Anarchism - Great system.
• Mutualism - The best economic system to run the frontier.
• Libertarianism - Private militias are dope, amigo.
• Libertarian Socialism - Workers' militias are also dope, droog.
• Anarcho-Capitalism - You have some great ideas but that whole capitalism thing sucks, workers should have autonomy.
• Hoppeanism - Finally an anarchist that understands the importance of borders, but you're like AnCap.
• Anarcho-Communism - You have some great ideas but too naive sometimes. And markets are cool! Still, based regardless.
• Bleeding-Heart Libertarianism - Drugs, guns, and progress, yee-haw!
• Social Libertarianism - Like him, but without too much government. Liberty and progress!
• Paleolibertarianism - Tradition and freedom are both important.
• Agorism - Black market and guns are dope.
• Left-Rothbardianism - Better Ancap.
• Anarcho-Pacifism - PEACE AND ANARCHY!! I am living in peace within my space frontier with cowboys and pirates.
• Anti-Authoritarianism - He also wants to bash the fash, tankies, and monarchists.
• Council Communism - Soviet Democracy, best Democracy! But yeah Stalin lied about "all power to the Soviet" thing, and thanks to you, it will become true!
• American Model - America! The pinnacle of human freedom and the constitution! Please stop being a two party state. But at least some of the early of you who are the very members of the two parties didn't like it, love your consistency grandpa.
• Anarcho-Syndicalism - Durruti was great. Workers' organization is dope.
• Anarcha-Feminism and Libertarian Feminism - Womens rights are necessary!
• Anarchism - Mother Anarchy loves all her children!
• Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism - "I'm you, but stronger".
• National Anarchism - An anarchist who understands the importance of cultural identity.
• Hydrarchy - Extremely based lover of the lands free from the outside reach of the state and civilization who I have a lot of respect for, now if only you can only expand your horizons farther from just the sea and embrace the frontiers of SPACE. THE SEA IS THE PART OF THE FRONTIER.
• Agrarian Anarchism - Space homesteads are based.
• Technogaianism - Living in a small band of Cybernetic Tribals is very based! Now if only those savages weren't so aggressive with their tribal laser bows.
• Queer Anarchism - Ram Ranch really rocks. Gay rights!
• Libertarian Conservatism - A libertarian who preserves traditions, yeehaw!
• Anarcho-Individualism - Hooray for Individual Rights! But remember to be social and yeehaw with your friends, you can't be alone forever.
• Libertarian Municipalism - Again, nature is worth protecting. Your beef with Individualist Anarchism is understandable and people should take time for themselves.
• Autonomism - Workers' autonomy, amigo. I'm going to ignore your beef with AnSynd.
• Neo-Enlightenment - Uhhh, corporate UBI???? At least you have the welfare. Free trade??? Uh, cool?? Yeah, yeah, amigo dude. Overall a wacky but cool guy.
• Progressive Conservatism - Ah, yes, someone who finally knows the value of ram ranch and traditions.

Somewhat Yeehaw

• Anarcho-Egoism - Holy, you are psychotic.
• Anarcho-Nihilism - Same, but we both love guns.
• Objectivism and Korwinism - Uhh, thanks for the philosophy I guess? Rand's Anti-Feminism is self-hating, Korwin's homophobia would rarely be tolerated in the frontier.
• Market Socialism - I like your economics, but tone down the statism.
• Social Democracy and Democratic Socialism - Helping the poor is good, but you have too much government.
• Classical Liberalism - You started that whole lib thing, amigo! I wouldn't exist without you. Still, too much government.
• Neoliberalism - I like how you liberate people from authoritarians peacefully. Hate everything else about you. Your corporate totalitarianism is obvious unpleasant.
• Minarchism - The most a state should be allowed to exist on the frontier. But a State is still a State
• Hayekism - The above but better. Thanks for the welfare!
• Neoconservatism - I like how you bash authoritarians. Hate everything else about you. Not to mention that most of y'all want surveillance.
• Trotskyism - Like previous, but red.
• Posadism - Nukes are awesome. But Totalitarianism? Really? Not to mention that you're schizophrenic, please take the meds.
• Anarcho-Primitivism - You teach us that we should use technology carefully. And you yourself being against technology is so cringe!
• Anarcho-Monarchism - You're weird and it seems I'm the only person who understands you. Still, Monarchy is ass.
• Titoism - I like how you fight against Islamic Theocracy right there.
• Senatorialism - Who are you, lost little child?
• Italian Left Communism - You always have a book to read. I respect that. Just quit being so lazy and so authoritarian...
• Paleoconservatism - Tradition is important and I like how you support smallholders, but you're too authoritarian. And transhumanism is based!
• Homofascism - I mean Ram Ranch cowboys in the frontier is really based, but why the fascism?... And no I don't want to join you in the showers at the ranch, I can take on the 28 US Marines on by myself thank you.
• Scientocracy - Technocracy but better, also science is falsifiable and the people can always correct it anyways.

Statist Urbanites

• Ingsoc - You are the worst. But then again, at least you got porn.
• Marxism–Leninism - Your "transitional state" is a lie. You're like IngSoc's little brother. You're the reason why the word Communism is tainted. I'll never forget what you did in the Kronstadt rebellion.
• Maoism - Fuck off with your "Cultural Revolution" and homophobia.
• Strasserism - Oh, hello racist tankie.
• National Bolshevism - Oh, hello Hitlerite Stalinist. Limonov was kinda dope though.
• Nazism - Your hero killed himself.
• Nazi Transhumanism - Human anatomical improvement should improve freedom, not limit it. You're the below but more technological.
• Esoteric Fascism - You're like Left Communism's evil brother. Not to mention that you're the above but swapped the science for pseudoscientific esotericism.
• Fascism - You spoiled bundles of sticks for us all.
• Monarchism - I've got a long history of fighting with you.
• Pinochetism - Stalinism, but capitalist. IngSoc's business wing.
• Gerontocracy - Ok boomer.
• Technocracy - I don't care if it's more efficient, I'm not giving up my homestead! Science is dope.
• Juche - Imagine being a Stalinist, a Nazi and a fascist at the same time.
• Theocracy - No cummies yum, no my support.
• Clerical Fascism - You're even worse.
• Authoritarian Capitalism - You are the reason capitalism get a bad reputation. Hands off from my friend AnCom.
• Corporatocracy - HA-HA-HA! I am better, than you on frontier! Outer Worlds is based, because you are lose in there!
  • - I don't lose, I just cooperate with you in best ending.
  • - Oh.
• National Capitalism - Oh god, you're even worse.
• Kleptocracy - You fucked up Russia. After it was fucked up by like 10 other guys.
• Paternalistic Conservatism and Social Authoritarianism - I don't care if you give me welfare, I won't do what you tell me.
• Tribalism - Why do these savages keep attacking me? I just want to chill in the frontier.
• Indigenism - Can you Wild Folk stop trying to scalp me?
• Eco-Fascism - Animal rights is called a right and is a right for some reason, this is why you're the greatest oxymoron.
• Anarkata - Okay... I think this is starting to become a serious problem.

Further Inforation

Articles

• Proto Frontierist Paper
• Proto Frontierist thesis
• The Colonization of Space – Gerard K. O’Neill
• Space Settlements: A Design Study - NASA
• Home on Lagrange - Katie Mingle
• The Life of Gerard K. O’Neill
• Ephemeralization for Post-Capitalist Space Exploration by Kevin Carson

Videos

• Life in a Space Colony, ep1: Extraterrestrial Colonies - Isaac Arthur

Online Communities

• r/AnFront
• r/Anarcho_Frontierism
• Discord

Gallery

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