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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: It set people thinking about the evils of any government, however democratic its origin.

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It set people thinking about the evils of any government, however democratic its origin.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin reflects on the inherent issues of governance, even in democratic systems.

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