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Anarcho-Nihilism
"There are no demands to be made, no utopic visions to be upheld, no political programs to be followed — the path of resistance is one of pure negation"
Basic Information
Aliases	Nihilistic Anarchism Chaotic Anarchism New Egoism Ego-Nihilism Systemless Anarchism Apolitical Anarchism (erroneously) Radical Anarcho-Apoliticism (erroneously) Ultra-Anarchism (indeed, kinda radical even for anarchism) Anarchy without Anarchism (by some) Depressionism (erroneously or pejoratively) Chaotic evil (allegedly) Autism (accused) Sociopath (accused) Average Edgy OC (pejoratively) Dystopian Anarchism (by them ) Strawman Anarchism (by non-nihilist anarchists) LITERALLY JOKER Anti-ism (erroneously)
Alignment(s)	LibUnity   Anarchists   Egoists (Some) Post-Leftists
Ideological Information
Influenced by:	Pessimism Nietzscheanism Anarcho-Egoism Anarcho-Illegalism Anti-Civilization Ecological pessimism
Influenced	Insurrectionary Anarchism Synthesis Anarchism Queer Nihilism Nihilist Communism Cyber Nihilism
Notable people	Renzo Novatore (1890-1922) Italy Fumiko Kaneko (1903-1926) Japan Hakim Bey (partially) (1945-2022) Aragorn! (-2020) USA Serafinski (?) Flower Bomb (?) Desert (?)
Variations
Regional Tendencies	Fumiko Kaneko Thought Anarcha-Feminism Anti-Nationalism Insurrectionary Anarchism Existential Nihilism Flower Bomb Nihilism Anarcho-Primitivism Anti-Psychiatry Anti-Racism Anti-Society Insurrectionary Anarchism Post-Left Anarchy Queer Nihilism Veganarchism Indigenous Anarcho-Nihilism Animism Indigenous Anarchism Post-Left Anarchy
Character Information
Likes	Crime Insurrection Destroying f#cking civilization
Dislikes	Morals Religion Social institutions Being put in mental asylum
Song	The Anarcho Nihilist Anthem (🤨 ok, let it be) DeathKult Disciples (999 Anthem) (and now is the real anthem) Bloodhail Hurt East Hastings Radicals Rock 'n' Roll (Part 2) I'm going to do it I Am Nietzche Nothing I Can Do No Children In The End Paint It Black Pain Disenchanted Joker OST - Bathroom Dance Beach House - Space Song The Stains of Time Industrial Rock / Gothic - Shadow Smile, Darn Ya, Smile Suicide Mouse Theme Song SEMTARY - WORLD'S A F*CK Molchat Doma - Sudno Victor Zsasz Rusty Cage - All the Fish Will Be Floating Life hates us now. POV: You’re A Corpse Yegor Letov - Kill, Kill, Kill (Егор Летов - Убивать, убивать, убивать) Paulo Sérgio - I Don't Believe Anything Anymore (Paulo Sérgio - Não Creio em Mais Nada) Literally every song by Rusty Cage I Don't Love. Every other song by Have A Nice Life and Dan Barrett.

"My motto is: walk expropriating and igniting, always leaving behind me howls of moral offenses and smoking trunks of old things."

Renzo Novatore

Anarcho-Nihilism is an ultraradical anarchist ideology and a form of Anarcho-Individualism that rejects all social institutions completely, including religion, law and any type of morality. There's no consensus about the shortened form, and all three variants AnNihil, AnNil and AnNi are used.

Etymology

Anarcho-Nihilism comes from «anarchy» meaning the absence of authority and Latin word «nihilo» that means «nothing»

Beliefs

Anarcho-Nihilists' views may somewhat diverge, but generally:

a) they reject all social institutions and civilization, sometimes coming to Anarcho-Primitivism;
b) they maintain that although the history of Anarchism is a «glorious failure», oppression should be resisted even without a hope for change;
c) they crave the immediate liberation which they find in crime and insurrection («the pleasure of destruction»);

Some Anarcho-Nihilists (Serafinski) take a pessimistic stance that political change won't happen in the visible time. Among these Nihilists ecological pessimism and misanthropy are also popular. Other Nihilists (Flower Bomb), although disillusioned, still hope for the future feral life free from social institutions.

There's a great confusion between Anarcho-Nihilism and existential nihilism. The latter is the philosophy denying all values, hence «meaninglessness of life». Meanwhile, «nihilism» in Anarcho-Nihilism means radical rebellion against civilization.

Another common confusion is that between Anarcho-Nihilism and absolute pessimism. It's true that Anarcho-Nihilists are often depressed, but it doesn't mean they hate life; what they really hate is repressive structures being forced upon them.

Anarcho-Nihilism is close to Radical Apoliticism exept Radical Apoliticism wants to eradicate political mentality as such, while Anarcho-Nihilism wants to destroy social institutions but still remains an ideology. Another difference is that Radical Apoliticism hates political institutions, but not necessarily all institutions (e. g. law, religion, morality), by contrast with Anarcho-Nihilism.

History

Historical background

Nihilism as a political movement first appeared in czarist Russia in the middle of the 19th century and is known under the name of Russian Nihilism. The leading Russian anarchist of the time Peter Kropotkin defined Nihilism as «the symbol of struggle against all forms of tyranny, hypocrisy, and artificiality and for individual freedom». Russian Nihilism was meant to bring down all traditional social structures without necessarily proposing an alternative. Many Russian Nihilists were sympathetic to socialism, however, their primary aim was a destructive revolt, first cultural then armed, which resulted in the assassination of the Russian czar Alexander II. As the nihilist Bazarov, the character of the «Fathers and Sons» novel (1862), maintains, Nihilists are here to destroy, and building will be a job of the different people.

Although many Russian Nihilists were egoists, they were rather far from the egoism as understood by Stirner. Apart from being generally left-leaning, they embraced ontological materialism, hard determinism and scientism. You could call them ordinary egoists as contrasted with philosophical.

Importantly, Russian Nihilism is not Anarcho-Nihilism despite their similarities. Regarding those seen as the ideologues of Russian Nihilism, Bakunin was a social anarchist, Chernyshevsky was a utopian socialist and Nechayev was considered as a totalitarian communist, that doesn't count to Anarcho-Nihilism.

Influences

Modern Anarcho-Nihilism is influenced by Stirner's Egoism and Russian Nihilism. From Egoism it takes selfishness, from Russian Nihilism the inclination for active social disruption. Stirner opposed the notion of revolution which is seen as centralized and re-enslaving. Instead Stirner proposes an insurrection, that is, a spontaneous and decentralized revolt. In his book Stirner specifically notes that he means not a literal insurrection, but rather spitirual; however, his call for insurrection can be understood quite literally as exemplified by Anarcho-Nihilists.

Another major influence for Anarcho-Nihilism is Anarcho-Illegalism, of which Anarcho-Nihilism is a variant. «Orthodox» Egoists, including Stirner himself, tend to be reasonably law-abiding and careful. However, Anarcho-Illegalists reject all restrictions altogether, both moral and legal, what results in them committing mercenary crimes and (potentially) insurrections.

However, Anarcho-Nihilists go even further. Egoists wish an establishment of the egoist society, while Nihilists are radical enough to put even Egoism under question, recognizing its restrictive potential. Even egoist society isn't entirely free if egoism becomes a prescription, an institution. This is why Anarcho-Nihilism rejects all social institutions whatever they are.

Anarcho-Nihilism intersects with other post-left movements. For example, Anarcho-Nihilism is well compatible with Anarcho-Primitivism sharing with it the hate for civilization. However, in such case a nihilist tends to be merely feral rather than a «noble savage»

Origin

Presumably, the first Anarcho-Nihilist was an Italian illegalist Renzo Novatore («I Am Also a Nihilist»), whose philosophy was desribed as Ego-Nihilism.

Examples

The only known organization relating itself to Anarcho-Nihilism is a Greek terrorist organization Nihilist Faction (Φράξια Μηδενιστών). Their attacks include three they carried out on their own in 1996 (bombing in the IBM offices, the shopping center and the apartment of the Supreme Court deputy prosecutor) and several arsons of the Greek diplomats' cars they committed from 2012 to 2014 as a member of the Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei network. However, their devotion to the «inalienable rights to life and liberty» evident from their proclamation suggests that they just took some inspiration from Russian nihilist movement rather than being Anarcho-Nihilists in the full sense.

Anarcho-Nihilism remains a relatively minor tendency within Anarchism with the lack of any associations adhering to it. However, the Chaos Star appropriated by Anarcho-Nihilists as a symbol keeps appearing here and there, so the tendency seems to be sustainable.

Variants

Major

Anarcho-Nihilism doesn't support any utopia or new system of governing, but negation of any society. Our reaction towards society, civilization, and so on should be hostility. There are no utopian visions, no political programs to be followed, the resistance is pure negation. Anarcho-Nihilism speaks about pleasure of destruction, destruction of society, social construct, morality and so on. Anarcho-Nihilists reject revolution as impossible, instead of, they proposes insurrection - spontaneous resistance against society and the state.

Minor

Some people considers Anarcho-Nihilism as simple connection of anarchism with existential nihilism, like "life is bad, suffering and we should end it". That isn't correct interpretation, because not every person considered as Anarcho-Nihilist has negative attitude towards life, for example Renzo Novatore wrote in one of his book about "happy" nihilism. But also some Anarcho-Nihilists, like Fumiko Kaneko said that they "negate life". "Though some strains of nihilism certainly arrive at a place of paralysis, the strain that collides with anarchism tends to be one of explosive creativity and relentless action. " - Blessed is the Flame

Internal conflicts in ideology

Anarcho-Nihilism may have two factions: these completely defeatist and pessimistic, and these more optimistic and active. Second faction believes that insurrection can be successful, and we can fight social construct and live free and happy with using hedonism. First sees only negation of life itself.

Schools of Thought

WIP

Personality and Behaviour

How it acts

• Excluded from society.
• Introverted loner, wants to live alone, isolates themselves from society. His life is basically playing games and watching anime.
• Depressed, hates this world.
• Antisocial, doesn't want to integrate with people.
• Doesn't care about anything.
• Lazy and doesn't want to work.
• Bases their personality on Joker.
• Average quiet kid that could kill 1000 people during shooting.
• Asocial, don't have any friends.
• Asexual.
• Always be serious except when he taking on Joker.

How to draw

Flags

Flag of Anarcho-Nihilism

Drawing

1. Draw a ball,
2. Draw a diagonal line with a lighter shade of black (#141414),
3. Paint the right side with the same shade of black,
4. Paint the left side with grey (#3D3D3D),
5. You're done. But for what? It's pointless anyway, correct vexillology is unnecessary.

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Black	#141414	20, 20, 20
	Grey	#3D3D3D	61, 61, 61

Variation Designs

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Relationships (not like it matters anyway)

Friends

Anarcho-Nihilism has no ideological friends since it would imply that some ideology has more values and meanings than others.

Frenemies

• Post-Leftism - Welcome to the club, buddy. But you still believe that something can be changed.
• Anarcho-Individualism - You get me. But you don't go far enough and you are still spooked by morality.
• Anarcho-Egoism - Stirner was right about a lot of things.But you cannot be absolutely unique, you are part of this whole meaningless cycle of life, just accept death.
• Agorism - Buying guns on the black market is cool. (Also just because our flag is similar, we are not the same!). But you are pacifist and believe in "pacifist revolution" which is laughable.
• Anti-Humanism - "Humanity" as a concept is nothing more than abstract and transparent. But you can be very dogmatic sometimes.
• Illegalism - Unorganized crime is praxis.
• Insurrectionary Anarchism - “From the shattered tools and bones of our predecessors, we craft our own weapons. Nothing is guaranteed to work, yet we attack regardless. We do so nakedly, having shed the rags of morality, ideology, and politics that had accumulated over time. We confront this world raw, in all its horrifying glory.”
• Queer Anarchism - Be gay, do crime. Let's go spread terror in catboy outfits together. But your modern variants are pathetic, focusing only on social media wars on idpol. You can cancel me all you want, but it's true.
• Soulism - Drugs are making my life better, but your utopianism is stupid. You say that I can have what I want in lucid dreams, take psychedelics that change my state of consciousness, shift my mind into desired utopia permanently, or upload my mind to a computer? Sounds good!
• Apoliticism - F*ck that circus called politics. But you are still enslaved by law and morality.
• Radical Apoliticism - "There are no demands to be made, no utopic visions to be upheld, no political programs to be followed - the path of resistance is one of pure negation."
• Anarcha-Feminism - Same as Queer Anarchism, you are too into culture war, turn off Twitter, pick up a gun and kill patriarchal politicians and clergy who oppresses you, reject family values, and live free.
• Eco-Anarchism - Some of my followers support it, but we're all gonna die along with the natural environment one day, so it's meaningless.
• Anarcho-Primitivism - We both hate civilization. But playing video games and watching anime that are products of technology are things that keep me alive in this boring and depressing world.
• Indigenous Anarchism - Same as Eco-Anarchism, just reject and abandon all traditions, including worship of nature and we are fine. But Aragorn! is based.
• Black Anarchism - Black Lives Matter, really? No lives matter, same as Anarcha-Feminism picking up guns and killing slave owners and cops, and abandoning peaceful protests.
• Ego-Communism - Cool drugs, but really, Marx? I can leave society at least. My communist variant likes you
• Buddhist Anarchism - I don't like religion, morality, asceticism, and communal lifestyle, but we agree that living in this world is suffering.
• State Atheism - Atheism is based, but humanism is cringe. Morality is still a manifestation of oppressive theism. Reject belief in any higher “goal”, reject the sacred. The true path is the path of pure denial.
• Noveltism - Eternal changes and rejection of the past are based. But you can't just jump to the future, we're always in the present.
• Death Worship - Authoritarian but we both love death.
• Post-Anarchism - I don't understand you at all, but rejecting classical anarchism is good.
• Anti-Civ - End civilization!
• Existentialist Anarchism - "I used to think that my life was a tragedy, but now I realize, it's a fucking comedy."
• Gift Economy - I hate anything related to Christmas and don't believe in Santa. But thanks for the antidepressant pills.
• Foucouldianism - Good job with comparing psychiatric hospitals, schools, and prisons. They all are oppressive institutions, that limit my freedom in all possible ways.
• Posadism - Yes, world sooner end into ashes with ruins, and better early than never. But I don't believe that aliens will come and save humans asses.

Enemies

• Theocracy - "The creation of a sick fantasy. Inhabitant of senile and impotent brains. Companion and comforter of spirits born to slavery. A pill for constipated minds. Marxism for the faint of heart."
• Humanism - "An abstract word with a negative connotation, long on power, short on truth. An obscene mask painted on the mean face of a shrewd vulgarian for the purpose of dominating the multitude of sentimentalist idiots and imbeciles."
• Authoritarianism - "Penal servitude for the semi-intelligent, a cowshed of imbecility. A Circe who transforms her adoring fans into dogs and pigs. A prostitute for the master, a pimp of the foreigner. Child-eater, parent-slanderer, and scoffer at heroes."
• Socialism - "Discipline, discipline; obedience, obedience; slavery and ignorance, pregnant with authority. A bourgeois body grotesquely fattened by a vulgar Christian creature. A medley of fetishism, sectarianism, and cowardice."
• Tsar Alexander II - Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.
• Tsar Alexander III - Consequences? For my Actions? What the fu-ACK!
• Libertarian Municipalism - Yes, I hate society, I am a misanthrope and lifestylist. You aren't even an anarchist so stfu.
• Anarcho-Syndicalism - State is down? Your stupid unions and federations will be next.
• Platformism - Same as Ansynd you fucking tankie.
• Avaritionism and Anarcho-Capitalism - It's not about the money, it's about sending a message.
• Religious Anarchism - Oxymoron. Religion is incompatible with anarchism because it requires the individual to obey external forces and strictly adhere to dogmas.
• Anarcho-Conservatism - Same as above.
• Conservatism - You don’t need to conserve anything, because nothing has meaning. Also it’s not a phase dad!
• Progressivism - Opposition to conservatism is based, but creation of new “progressive” values is cringe.
• Every other ideology, especially authoritarian, capitalist, religious, pragmatic, and conservative ones.

Bibliography

Literature

Primary Literature

Aragorn!

• Nihilism, Anarchism, and the 21st Century by Aragorn!

Serafinski

• Blessed is the Flame:An Introduction to Concentration Camp Resistance and Anarcho-Nihilism by Serafinski

Collection of Literature

• German Nihilism by Leo Strauss
• A Vital Question: Or What Is to Be Done? By Nikolay Chernyshevsky
• Because I Wanted To by Fumiko Kaneko
• The Prison Memoirs of a Japanese Woman by Fumiko Kaneko
• Nihilism as Egoism by Keiji Nishitani
• Nihilist Communism by Monsieur Dupont
• Power Nihilism: A Case for Moral & Political Nihilism by James Theodore Stillwell III, Matthew Ray, and Brett Stevens
• Descending into Madness An Anarchist-Nihilist Diary of Anti-Psychiatry by Flower Bomb

Quotes

«I am nothing, I do not recognise your laws, all your existing rules, order, authorities, morality, god, fairy tales of goodness and conscience. I am disgusted from your this dirty world, I want to destroy everything that is the beautiful one and the ugly one. I'm not feeding any kind of hope to about your world, I live only and only to destroy this dirty world, all your bullshit»

— Murat Uz (who?)

Further Information

For overlapping political theory see:

Anarcho-Egoism, Anarcho-Individualism, Illegalism, Insurrectionary Anarchism, Post-Leftism

Websites

TBA

Wikipedia

• Russian Nihilist Movement
• Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
• Fumiko Kaneko
• Renzo Novatore
• Nikolay Chernyshevsky

Online Communities

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Subreddits

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Videos

• Anarchy Radio on Post-left Anarchism, Egoism, Nihilism and Anti-Civ by The Comfy Milk Shop
• Anarcho-Nihilism Review || The Ideology of Insurrection by Jreg

People

Serafinski
Flower Bomb
Aragorn!

Organizations

Nihilist Faction (nominally)

Gallery

Comics

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  u/horno321 Source

Portraits

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Portraits of Variants

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  Russian Nihilism

Portraits of Alternate Designs

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  Anarcho-Nihilist Jokerism

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  Anarcha-Nihilism

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  Anarcha-Nihilism

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  Anarcho Nihilism Egoist glasses