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Anarchism can be divided into   twosixfiveseven broad categories and   seventwofivesix branches within these categories. The main difference between the broad categories is primarily about   statepowerdirect actionhuman nature, which influences their other differences.

Collectivist anarchism emphasises people's potential for sociability and   direct actionaltruismsolidarityautonomy, while individualist anarchism emphasises people's potential for individuality and   rationalismdirect actionlibertysolidarity.

Within collectivist anarchism there are three branches.   Anarcho-communismAnarcho-capitalismMutualismLibertarianism promotes a society based around direct democracy and voluntary cooperation.   Anarcho-syndicalismAnarcho-communismLibertarianismAnarcho-capitalism promotes trade unions as vehicles for organising the overthrow of existing society and organising a peaceful and stable society in its place.   LibertarianismAnarcho-capitalismMutualismAnarcho-syndicalism seeks to create a middle ground between an individualistic and a collectivist anarchic society.

Within individualist anarchism there are two branches.   LibertarianismAnarcho-capitalismAnarcho-communismEgoism promotes the view that people should only ever work for themselves.   LibertarianismAnarcho-communismAnarcho-capitalismEgoism believes that the free market can be trusted to provide absolutely everything necessary in society.