mutualist
Both sides benefit
A mutualist is someone who practices or advocates mutualism—a philosophy emphasizing voluntary cooperation and mutual benefit without centralized authority.
In political economy, mutualists follow the anarchist tradition of Proudhon, favoring worker cooperatives and reciprocal exchange over capitalism or state socialism.
In biology, a mutualist is an organism in a mutually beneficial relationship with another species: Bees and flowering plants are mutualists.
Mutual giving and receiving
- give-and-takeMutual concession between parties
- quid-pro-quoExchange of equivalents
- two-wayOperating in both directions
- complementaryMutually supplying lacks
interdependent · balanced · symmetrical · cooperative · beneficial · win-win · trade-off · synergistic
Philosophy rejecting state authority
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
- usufructRight to another's property
reciprocity · solidarity · autonomous · confederation · bottom-up
Symbiotic rock dweller
- pollinatorPollen-transferring organism
- oxpeckerParasite-eating African bird
- microbiomeBody's microbial community
- honeyguideBee-locating African bird
Member-owned organization
- collectiveJointly organized group
- communeShared-living community
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
consortium · union · association · credit-union · worker-owned · kibbutz · member-owned
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- nicheRecessed wall space
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- coevolutionReciprocal adaptation between interacting species
exchange
Mutual giving and receiving
- give-and-takeMutual concession between parties
- quid-pro-quoExchange of equivalents
- two-wayOperating in both directions
complementary · interdependent · balanced · symmetrical · cooperative · beneficial · win-win · trade-off · synergistic · codependent
anarchism
Philosophy rejecting state authority
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
usufruct · reciprocity · solidarity · autonomous · confederation · bottom-up
lichen
Symbiotic rock dweller
- pollinatorPollen-transferring organism
- oxpeckerParasite-eating African bird
- microbiomeBody's microbial community
co-op
Member-owned organization
- collectiveJointly organized group
- communeShared-living community
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
federation · consortium · union · association · credit-union · worker-owned · kibbutz · member-owned
ecosystem
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- nicheRecessed wall space
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
coevolution · adaptation · fitness · survival
credit-union
Member-owned financial cooperative
- Political Ideologistssocialist, communist, anarchist, Marxist, leftist
- symbiosissymbiosis, mycorrhizae, symbiont, symbiotic, parasitism
- Left Anarchismanarcho-communist, anarcho-syndicalist, Emma Goldman, syndicalism, communalist
- ecological rolesproducer, consumer, decomposer, predator, prey
- feeding typesherbivore, grazer, browser, plant-eater, scavengers
- feedersbird feeder, pet feeder, hummingbird feeder, tube feeder, hanging feeder
mutualistparasite
One exploiting a host
pathogen · exploiter · predator · freeloader · antagonist
mutualistcapitalist
Private ownership supporter
statist · authoritarian · hierarchist · monopolist · corporatist
mutualistexploiter
One who uses unfairly
free rider · independent · loner · isolationist · defector