I was brought into contact with men of all descriptions: the best and the worst; those who stood at the top of society and those who vegetated at the very bottom--the tramps and the so-called incorrigible criminals.
Kropotkin describes his encounters with a diverse range of people during his time in Siberia.
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The amount of interest in socialism and all sorts of schemes of reform and reconstruction of society was very great in all layers of society.
It is only the distribution which is defective; and if a social revolution took place, nothing more would be required than for everyone to return to his factory or workshop, Society taking possession for itself of the ‘surplus value’ or…
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