Left Accelerationism on the 12 Axes

The current took shape with the #Accelerate manifesto by Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams (2013) and their book Inventing the Future (2015). They argue that the left has retreated into folk politics, small local protests that cannot challenge a global economy, and should fight for a post-work society instead. Their core demands are full automation, a shorter working week, a universal basic income and a weaker work ethic. The ideas build on Marx's notes on machinery, and Aaron Bastani's Fully Automated Luxury Communism (2019) gave them a popular form. Unlike Nick Land's right-wing accelerationism, it wants technology steered by egalitarian aims. Compared with eco-socialism, it embraces technology; compared with transhumanism, it focuses on work and ownership rather than the body.

• Transhumanism 82%Transhumanism is a movement that wants to use science and technology to overcome human limits such as aging, disease and limited intelligence, and to let people enhance themselves.
• Marxism 77%Marxism is the body of theory begun by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that explains history through class struggle and expects capitalism to give way to a classless, communist society.
• Progressivism 77%Progressivism is a political outlook that seeks social reform through government action, expanding civil rights, protecting minorities and using science and evidence to improve society.
• Nordic Social Democracy 76%Nordic social democracy is the model of Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland: a market economy and free trade combined with universal welfare, high taxes and strong unions bargaining with employers.