He refused to bend before any authority except that of reason, and in the analysis of every social institution or habit he revolted against any sort of more or less masked sophism.
Kropotkin admires a person's commitment to reason over authority in social analysis.
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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…
Or, ‘We don’t like the idea of state management of railways, and the present management by private companies is organized robbery.
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But suppose the workers owned all the railways.
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