Comments on Primitivism (and Anarchism) 1.

Obviously Primitivism is a controversial subject. Is it Anarchism? I would first say that I do not consider myself to be a Primitivist, although, like Marxism, it is a view of the world and society that should be considered, whether as Anarchism or not.

I happen to believe that there is no single "Anarchism". Anarchism is the natural will of the masses at any time towards solidarity and against heirarchy. Intellectual Anarchists can of course analyse this natural urge and use arguments to justify it, but for one individual to define Anarchism is itself authoritarian, as would be a "Union of Anarchists" who's express purpose is to define and perpetuate it's own brand of Anarchism (but that's an argument for another day)

In a sense, Primitivism is a logical offshoot of Communitarian Individualism. Primitivists obviously believe advanced technology, while advancing mankind materially, has left him, both individually and collectively, emotionally and spiritually dead. Historically, it could be stated that history is on their side. Civilisations always end, and the modern liberal democracies are not even 150 years old, compared to, say, the Roman Republic, but human society always moves on, and in the case of the Mayan civilisation survive, arguably to this day, by reverting to a less advanced state.

Primitivism is also consistent, mainly because it is the only "economic" system that could exist, with Individualist Anarchism.