The Manifesto of Anarcho-Professionalism

Preamble and Rule No. 0

In subsequent installments, I will discuss the manifesto of Anarcho-Professionalism, a term I coined to identify a way of life that can represent an alternative to the catastrophe that will occur when the capitalist system, which is crumbling across the planet, finally succumbs and leaves humanity in a state of existential shock. Humanity's current dependence on electricity, smartphones, computer servers in the hands of two or three corporations, and fuel extracted from the earth without replenishment is alienating. The disregard for a fundamental resource for life, like water, is outrageous. The world's politicians fill their days with supposedly repugnant alliances, so as not to notice that the Titanic has hit the iceberg and begun an inevitable sinking, taking all of humanity with it.

Anarcho-Professionalism consists of the creation of small communities, which we will call "Mutuals," of no more than 10,000 people, in which different professions coexist, exchanging their professional work for food, leisure, education, culture, and health. It is not a mere barter. Bartering consists of exchanging one product for another. In contrast, in Anarcho-Professionalism, a professional carries out his or her work to make the mutual sustainable over generations. The farmer sows and harvests so that the cook can prepare the dishes for lunch and dinner for the architect, the teacher, the builder, the doctor, and the poet. In the evenings, musicians perform their works, and actors offer a piece of their work. All that is required is to do the work that satisfies one, which is one's profession, and enjoy life for free. There is no money in mutual aid, nor is there competition for any good, since there is no private property that debases people in the capitalist system. There's no need to buy or sell anything, because there's no other property than life to enjoy and work to fulfill, doing what one loves and keeping the mutual functioning with quality and in perfect order. There's no need to pay for food, or for listening to music, or for seeing a play, or for resting peacefully. Work is done without hierarchies, in perfect anarchy, with the sole premise of keeping the mutual functioning, both qualitatively and quantitatively.

This cannot be achieved in an urban system, which is the structure the capitalist system has designed over the centuries to standardize the manufacture of all things and sell them to individuals who live 80 times the same year, anguished by their inability to access what the system tells them they must buy to be "themselves." Anarcho-professionalism can only be achieved in small communities by calculating exactly which professions are needed and in what quantity, so that everyone has access to what they need without having to pay any sum of money that doesn't exist within this system. In Anarcho-professionalism, the professional owns his or her work; one doesn't work for someone else, but for oneself. There is no separation between work and product. Work and product are the same thing, and that work is exactly what the professional enjoys doing.

I know it's difficult to understand, immersed in a competitive and stressful daily life due to the pressures one receives from a hierarchical line, that money isn't necessary to live. But if you think about it a little, you know that what you need isn't money, but the things you need to live. In the capitalist system, these things are bought with money and with the doctrinal mantra of private property. In Anarcho-Professionalism, these things are bought by working at what you love.

The future is there waiting.

Preamble to the Manifesto of Anarcho-Professionalism

To live is to live with a purpose. Work is part of life. Work must have a purpose. The individual is the owner of his/her work, and no one can appropriate it in exchange for a salary.

RULE NR. 0 - The anthill is more important than the ant, the brain is more important than a neuron, and the mutual is more important than each individual. However, the ant cannot develop without an anthill. The neuron is useless if it is not threaded into a multiple network that forms a brain, thanks to which it can develop as a neuron. The ant without an anthill dies irretrievably. No one can say, "Oh! How intelligent this neuron is!" A large number of neurons inserted into a network can form an intelligent whole. An individual can develop as an individual because it is inserted into a mutual. If the mutualism is not sustainable, the individuals must know that their life will be very short and that there will be no significance for future generations. The mutual is composed of individuals. Mutuality is the most important thing. The mutual cannot exist without individuals, and it is the individuals who make up the mutual. The mutual is of a higher degree, and it is what must be sustainable over time, since individuals have a limited life span. The individual is free and acts responsibly so that the mutual is eternally sustainable.

To be continued