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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “What sort of basis for a political struggle could such institutions offer?”

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What sort of basis for a political struggle could such institutions offer?
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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This rhetorical question underscores Kropotkin's skepticism about the effectiveness of the political institutions of his time.

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