Mutualism

• It's considered a moderate form of collectivist anarchism- endorses forms of collective ownership and private property
• Groups/individuals exchange goods and services based on self governing producers reject profiteering and exploitation exchange goods and services fairly through mutually beneficial economic contracts
• private property would be based on possession to ensure producers are entitled to the fruits of their labour have the necessary means for work property needs to be used
• mutualism opposes capitalism and large scale property ownership but encourages small scale private property based on use and cooperation
• people may pass private property as long as they're not exploiting or mistreating others
• mutualism sees the end of the state being achieved through a reformist democratic process as mutualistic ideas became popular
• a non profit National Bank would make credit available to the associations and individuals to start businesses
• Society

  individual ownership of farmland and small scale products

  large scale production would be achieved by cooperatives

  cooperatives would form together into voluntary federations to support each other

  Example: 1844 The Rochdale Business of Equitable Pioneers - first successful entreprise to be launched and is a part of The Cooperative Group