Once famous for his work on temporary autonomous zones, Peter Lamborn Wilson is less known for his lectures in which he foresees a return to the the paleolithic. With this he did not mean that civilization should be catapulted back to the stone age but he clearly understands that a more hunter-gatherer way of life can be embraced.

As Pierre Clastres, also Wilson sees that communities that are part of an oppressive power structure can flee and reconstitute themselves as bands of hunter-gatherers. This is quite in contrast with his rival Murray Bookchin whom, in his formulation of social ecologies, is not so keen in learning from hunter-gatherers. Similarly also David Graeber who was strongly influenced by Wilson in a later stage deploys a more bourgeoisie version of a future society.