One might wonder how technology like 3D printing can be endorsed within a network that is fundamentally anti-technological. The answer to this question is twofold. First, the necessity to “fight fire with fire” justifies resorting to technology in order to destroy technological civilisation. Second, it is not uncommon to see anti-technology anarchists distinguish between “small-scale” (or tools) and “large-scale” (or organisation-dependent) technology. According to this distinction, which hails from the Unabomber, large-scale technologies rely on the division, organisation, and exploitation of labour as well as the extraction of resources to function. Contrastingly, small-scale technologies can be operated by individuals or small communities without relying on external assistance. From this perspective, 3D printed firearms would constitute small-scale technologies as they would allow anarchists to arm themselves without having to rely on any third party.
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