lifestyle anarchy

A term coined by anarchist Murray Bookchin in his essay "Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm"
Lifestyle anarchism is the attitude of an individual that calls himself an anarchist by being heavily individualistic without giving any thought to class struggle and an end to oppression.

A lifestyle anarchist does not concern himself with anarchist goals such as the destruction of hierarchical society, but instead focuses on changes to his own behavior - these can range from a though out (but still not really anarchist) desire to remove oneself from societal norms in the name of one's will, to a mere stereotypical attempt to look like a tough bloke intent on creating disorder.

The word "lifestylist" can be occasionally seen in punk circles, as a form of insult, due to the pervasiveness of 'punks' that spend their time trying to look radical and pogoing to leftist lyrics while never really caring about politics.

HOWEVER, lifestylism has become an all too common insult among anarchists nowadays that promotes sectarianism, by each different anarchist school of thought claiming others are merely lifestylists rather than real anarchists.

A justified use of ' lifestyle anarchy ' -
Calling a group of crust punks that squat an abandoned building and fuck it up with grafitti and broken bottles when they could have just as easily made it an inclusive social center or a shelter.

An unjustified use of ' lifestyle anarchy ' -
Anarchocommunist site Libcom slandering the collective of CrimethInc. as lifestylists because they concern themselves with dropping from society rather than attacking society.

by Alan Jimenez January 19, 2009

Sexual Anarchy

Noun. A slang word for rape, coined by scifi author Patrick S. Thomlinson in the novel "Starship Repo".

Can you believe that guy is such an incel? The only way he'll ever get laid is through sexual anarchy.

by Worm Thriller February 14, 2022

Anarchist Cookbook

Book that includes compilations of ways to make bombs, explosives, acids, and other destructive things with simple household products. Also teaches the reader how to perform frauds and other theiveries. Controversial material but allowed to be publicized but not comitted.

I learned that you could get high off banana peels thanks to the Anarchist Cookbook.

You can learn how to make shotgun shells explosive in the Anarchist Cookbook, they can blow whole fingers off!

by Beedub December 27, 2003

zen anarchist

A person who believes that modern society has great problems rooted in it, and that people should use protest, criticism, and even gentle violence to achieve social change for the better of humanity. They also believe in the full rights of someone to do whatever they would like as long as it does not hurt others. They often look forward to a day when society as we know it ends in a massive way and there can be an apocalyptic new social setting.

I'm a zen anarchist. The way I see it, someday the whole world is going to go to shit. And I want to sit on a hill with a pair of binoculars and laugh.

by aneumann April 2, 2015

Anarchy

A form of society based around the lack of a ruling class and an emphasis on individual freedom and equality. An ideal form of anarchy would involve a cooperative socialist gift economy, in which goods are freely produced and distributed according to need. Crime would not be the huge problem most people would imagine. Anyone with a basic knowledge of history knows that crime was never a huge problem until urbanization and then industrialization. A focus on community and civic responsibility would nearly eliminate violent crime (smaller, tightly knit communities have virtually no crime, even today). Property crime would be even a less of a problem, given that no one has more than anyone else and destruction of public property would be destruction of one's own property. In case a crime is committed, any and every member of the community is capable of either preventing the crime before hand or apprehending the criminal afterwards, a system which worked for thousands of years before police forces became common during the Industrial Revolution. A common argument against such a system is that "human nature" would eventually lead to a return of capitalism and the establishment of government. This is not a part of "human nature", however. Human beings have almost no instincts at birth. A tendency towards government and capitalism is a product of societal conditioning, not a natural inclination. There have been examples of similar systems working in the real world, including many in Spain during the Revolutions of the late 1930's. Living standards generally increased in these areas.

"I had dropped more or less by chance into the only community of any size in Western Europe where political consciousness and disbelief in capitalism were more normal than their opposites. Up here in Aragon one was among tens of thousands of people, mainly though not entirely of working-class origin, all living at the same level and mingling on terms of equality. In theory it was perfect equality, and even in practice it was not far from it. There is a sense in which it would be true to say that one was experiencing a foretaste of Socialism, by which I mean that the prevailing mental atmosphere was that of Socialism. Many of the normal motives of civilized life--snobbishness, money-grubbing, fear of the boss, etc.--had simply ceased to exist. The ordinary class-division of society had disappeared to an extent that is almost unthinkable in the money-tainted air of England; there was no one there except the peasants and ourselves, and no one owned anyone else as his master." -George Orwell, on an anarchist community in Spain during the Revolution

by ZX February 2, 2005

Anara

Princess of a land. Name is usually in stories, Very kind, yet confussed at times.

Anara Princess of Avalon, I give you my word your highness.

by Trilee March 25, 2008

Andaria

Andaria is as unique as her name is. She is pretty and she is one of the most creative people you will ever meet. Andaria is the unicorn of all girls. She is beautiful, mystical and mysterious, and everybody wants to know her. She cares very deeply and has a compassionate and outgoing demeanor but only a very select few people know her true depth and personality. To betray Andaria is basically killing a unicorn and would make you a horrible person.

Rowan Hey Jade, I heard you were looking for a BFF?
Jade - I am, but only if she's Andaria. Too bad I'm just a Bunyan , I don't stand a chance at finding Andaria.

by ReynnJensen83 January 18, 2017