Anarcho-Pacifism

Anarcho-Pacifism, referred to by the abbreviation AnPac, is an anarchist ideology that advocates for the use of non-violent action to facilitate the abolition of the state.

AnPacs believe that the use of violent force stands contrary to the anti-hierarchical principle of Anarchism, as a group using force to topple a hierarchy has not eliminated it, but established itself at the head of it. Instead, AnPac favors general strikes and other forms of nonviolent revolution such as hacktivism. Despite popular belief, AnPac generally does NOT favor electoralism and will be mildly unhappy if another character says he does.

AnPac thought is predominantly based in the writings of Henry David Thoreau,  Leo Tolstoy, and  Mahatma Gandhi, and serves as a core tenet in most variants of  Religious Anarchism. However, Anarcho-Pacifism need not be religious. Religion may be a grounds for seeking peaceful revolution as opposed to violent revolution, but secular anarchists can support nonviolent revolution. Despite significant anarcho-pacifist thinkers citing Thoreau as an influence, Thoreau himself did not subscribe to pacifism.

Despite AnPac's peaceful nature, some of its praxis can be described as somewhat radical. AnPac has been known to disrupt arms fairs and hold large 'Anti-War' protests.

Although the people attending these events are not ideologically Anarchist or even identify as such, the praxis of these demonstrations can be described as 'Anti-Statist' and anarchist in nature.

Despite having no defined economic position, the Anarcho-Pacifist and broader peace movements can be associated strongly with Socialist, Environmentalist and LGBT movements. However, there are economically right-wing anarcho-pacifists such as Adam Kokesh.

Personality and Behavior
Anarcho-Pacifism appears in comics as a timid, conflict-averse individual who is often seen haplessly trying to defuse conflicts between its ideological relatives. Other common depictions feature it as an everyman or neutral character with a professional demeanor, in a similar manner to Apoliticism and  Moderatism.

Comic appearances
A female Anarcho-Pacifism is one of two main characters in Reddit user hydratedbirb's AnPac x AnCap comic series, which explores the budding romantic relationship between the two seemingly-incompatible anarchist ideologies. Unfortunately, this series aged pretty badly. Hydratedbirb's reddit account has also been deleted.

There was a running reddit gag that made anarcho-pacifism more aligned with Anarcho-Capitalism than the other anarchist balls, this is usually not the case as generally, (1) anarcho-pacifism is a revolutionary ideology and (2) anarcho-pacifism doesn't agree with anarcho-capitalism's hierarchical social structure even if the NAP may sound pacifist.

How To Draw
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 * 1) Draw a ball with eyes,
 * 2) Draw a black diagonal line from the lower left to the upper right of the ball,
 * 3) Color the upper half of the ball white and the lower half black.

Best friends

 * [[File:Chrisan.png]] Christian Anarchism - I too hate violence.
 * [[File:Ancapf.png]] Anarcho-Capitalism - NAP is based.
 * [[File:Farm.png]] Agrarianism - If he wasn't friends with [[File:anprim.png]] Anprim, I would be closer with him. However, industrialism is pretty violent, and agrarianism is more peaceful.
 * [[File:Utsoc.png]] Utopian Socialism - Using peace to end capitalism seems like a pretty good idea.
 * [[File:Antao.png]] Taoist Anarchism - Me but Asian.
 * [[File:Andist.png]] Anarcho-Distributism - Me but Catholic.

Friends

 * [[File:Apolit.png]] Apoliticism - Always nice to me and invites me to cookouts, but doesn't want to upset the status quo. Says I'm "better than the other anarchists".
 * [[File:Libertarian.png]] Libertarianism - Is also anti-war and anti-strong gov, but why bother letting gov exist at all?
 * [[File: Ancom.png]] Anarcho-Communism - I hate the cops as much as you do but tax evasion is a much better strategy than beating them over the head.

Dubious, to say the least

 * [[File:Necon.png]] Neoconservatism - Likes the state and strong military.
 * [[File:Posadist.png]] Posadism - You’re insane. I don’t understand you in the slightest.
 * [[File:Insarch.png]] Insurrectionary Anarchism - Violence isn't the answer to achieving anarchism, you know?
 * [[File:Darwinist.png]] Social Darwinism - Can you please stop killing people this time...?

I don't have enemies, but not good

 * [[File:Merc.png]] Mercantilism and [[File:Jacksonian Democracy.png]] Jacksonian Democracy - My entire identity is shaped from rejecting your authoritarian asshattery.

Movements

 * Anarcho-Pacifism
 * Anti-Nuclear Movement

People

 * Henry David Thoreau
 * Leo Tolstoy
 * Mahatma Gandhi
 * Dorothy Day