Anarcho-Conservatism

Anarcho-Conservatism, shortened to AnCon, is an ideology occupying a variable position in bottom 2 quadrants that advocates for a stateless society that upholds Traditional values and respects traditional hierarchies.

[[File:Anconrel.png]] Religious Conservative Anarchism
The term 'conservative anarchism' has been used in regard to a number of Religious Anarchists who support conservative cultural doctrines and norms out of religious belief. The core of these types of thinkers have been Christian notably  Catholic but also have included  Jewish figures, it could theoretically include practically any religious doctrine.

[[File:Anconjew.png]] Jewish
One of the earliest people the term has been used to refer to has been the pre-Mishnaic Jewish rabbinic sage Shemaiah, who instructed in Avot 1:10 to 'Love work, loath mastery over others, and avoid intimacy with the government.'

Another Jewish anarcho-conservative figure includes the third century rabbi Gamaliel III who instructed in Avot 2:3 to 'Be careful with the government, for they befriend a person only for their own needs. They appear to be friends when it is beneficial to them, but they do not stand by a person at the time of his distress.'

[[File:Anconx.png]] Christian
One of the first Christians to be regarded by some to be described as such is the spiritual leader and author Peter Chelcicky who influenced the Bohemian Reformation. Chelcicky supported non-violence as a social principle and believed that '... he who obeys God needs no other authority.' with the full quote being:

Chelcicky is also regarded as an early Christian Communist.

Influenced by Chelcicky was the Russian Christian Pacifist Anarchist Leo Tolstoy who is in turn also recognised by some as falling within the label of a conservative anarchist.

In turn, influenced by Tolstoy was the Catholic journalist and activist  Dorothy Day.

[[File:Anconbourg.png]] Bourgeois Conservative Anarchism
The term 'Conservative Anarchism' has been used to describe a set of views which combine the support of values commonly associated with the Bourgeois socio-economic class while also being sceptical towards the power of the state, including but not limited to: private property, a strict work ethic and nuclear or nuclear-like family structures.

One of the first uses of the term with this definition in mind have been in the relation to the Classical Liberal thinker Herbert Spencer, with Russian  marxist theorist Georgi Plekhanov calling him '... nothing but a conservative Anarchist' in his book Anarchism and Socialism. With the full quote being:

This meaning was later used to describe the Old Right Libertarian author Albert Jay Nock, who favoured a form of  Philosophical Anarchism while also being a staunch supporter of  Classical Liberalism believing the so-called ' Liberalism' of Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a betrayal of the doctrine. Nock was the first person to use the term ' libertarian' within a right-wing context.

One of the most well-known supporters of this type of anarcho-conservatism is the German economist of the  Austrian school  Hans-Hermann Hoppe. One of Hoppe's central points is that the 'traditional bourgeois family life' is one of the historically best and most prosperous lifestyles (as well as one best for the continual sustenance of a libertarian social order) which should be encouraged, with one of the means most important means being the usage of covenant communities which exclude through the usage of ostracism those who violate common values. Hoppe believes that the existance of this lifestyle allows the existance of other lifestyles and therefore 'deviants' should not be aggressive towards those who share the bourgeois lifestyle:

[[File:AnTory.png]] Tory Anarchism
'Tory Anarchism' was a term coined by George Orwell (the author of 1984) to describe his political ideology during much of the time he wrote for the literary journal New Adelphi. W.I.P.

[[File:Ancon.png]] Miscellaneous
The term 'conservative anarchist' has been used self-descriptively by the Taiwanese software developer and Executive Yuan digital minister Audrey Tang. Tang describes Anarchism as the belief people should people cooperate voluntarily without the state coercion and preferably non-hierarchically and  Conservatism as the belief that the various cultures within the Taiwanese society should be respected and preserved. Tang is also transgender and non-binary, being fine with people using whatever pronoun they see fit for them.

The term 'Anarcho-Conservative' has been used self-descriptively by the English philosopher Stephen Richard Lyster Clark. Clark is a supporter of animal rights and vegetarianism as well as a writer for the U.K.-based Libertarian Alliance think tank which espouses Right-Wing Libertarianism.

The Old Whig classical conservative thinker Edmund Burke wrote the satirical piece called A Vindication of Natural Society, which put forward the argument that criticisms of the church can be equally applied to the state and if one seeks the abolition of the church one should also seek the abolition of the state, despite being satirical the book inspired William Godwin in the creation of philosophical anarchism. Additionally the economist Murray Rothbard accidentally mistook the contents of A Vindication of Natural Society as being sincere, if Rothbard were to be correct though that would make Edmund Burke an early example of an anarcho-conservative.

While largely made up of Trump supporters, the stormers of the U.S. Capital Building in 2021 have been described as 'anarchist' pejoratively. One could take this type of arrangement as being a type of anarcho-conservatism or more specifically Anarcho-Trumpism.

How to Draw
Ancon_flag.svg The Anarcho-conservative flag is a diagonal bicolour of Blue (representing conservatism) and Black (representing  anarchism).


 * 1) Draw a ball,
 * 2) Draw a black (#141414) line diagonally across the ball,
 * 3) Fill the bottom in black and the top in blue (#01B8F1),
 * 4) Add the eyes and you're done!

Friends

 * [[File:Hoppef.png]] Hoppeanism - My more radical self.
 * [[File:Anrel.png]] Religious Anarchism - One god, no masters!
 * [[File:Paleolib.png]] Paleolibertarianism - They're pretty nice but I wish they'd stop supporting statists.
 * [[File:Natan.png]] National-Anarchism - He gets me!

Frenemies

 * [[File:Ancapf.png]] Anarcho-Capitalism - They're usually good but too often they value profit over traditional values.

Enemies

 * [[File:Anqueer.png]] Queer Anarchism - Out of my commune, degenerate!
 * [[File:Mao.png]] Maoism - Quite possibly my WORST NIGHTMARE! Mao was a totalitarian and culturally left dictator!
 * [[File:Hfash.png]] Homonationalism - OK, THIS IS THE WORST!

Literature

 * On Doing The Right Thing by [[File:Libertarian.png]] Albert Jay Nock
 * The Strange Case of Tory Anarchism by Peter Wilkin
 * Man Versus the State by [[File:Clib.png]] Herbert Spencer
 * The Political Animal: Biology, Ethics and Politics by Stephen R. L. Clark

Articles

 * Anarcho-Conservatism by EverybodyWiki
 * Tory Anarchism in America by Erik Kain
 * Should Conservatism Seek to Destroy the State? by Alexander Salter
 * Conservative Anarchists by Daniel McCarthy
 * Anarcho-Conservatism Explained by Vincent John
 * Anarcho-conservatism – Is that even a thing? by Alex Illingworth
 * Why True Conservatism Means Anarchy by Alexander Salter
 * The Mind Of The Tory Anarchist by Andrew Sullivan
 * The case for Tory anarchism by Aris Roussinos
 * George Orwell: The English Dissent as Tory Anarchist by Peter Wilkin
 * Ideological Hybrids: The contrary case of Tory anarchism by B. Franks
 * The Conservative Anarchist by Dakota Hensley
 * Hoppe: Habermas's Anarcho-Conservative Student by Stephan Kinsella