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Luffy, while obviously not an anarchist in the sense of identifying himself as part of the formal anarchist movement, holds a big amount of shared ideals and sentiments.

First and most glaring of all, is that while he doesn't oppose every he sees hierarchy since he's friends with a number of monarchs, he does so because he believes that the people should be allowed to decide if they want to be ruled or not, he doesn't enforce his own beliefs on others.

We know this isn't his own belief because it has been stated multiple times in the story, that no matter what, he will not accept having any authority dictate his actions, he wants to be completely free from all coercion, that's what his whole character is about.

Secondly he also constantly unflinchingly breaks the law to correct any political Injustice he sees, he doesn't protest, he actually just fixes the problem, which is very very similar to direct action, one of the most foundational pillars of anarchist thought.

Now, I know that there are definitely some holes here and I definitely don't think he's supposed to be a classic anarchist, there's definitely a lot of stuff here that does at least thrust him into the vicinity of anarchism which makes me think that oda was probably trying to wave at the concept without showing his hand too much

With how striking his similarity to anarchism is, I can't imagine that oda didn't do it intentionally.

This post was mainly made cause I've seen a lot of people quickly dismiss the idea of anarchist Luffy but really it's not THAT far fetched to see him as a subtle allegory for anarchism