He did not believe in the possibility of a popular uprising, and he conceived a revolution only as the action of a representative body, like the National Assembly of France in 1789.
Kropotkin discusses his brother's skepticism about popular uprisings, favoring organized representation instead.
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But in all civilized countries the production, both agricultural and industrial, ought to and easily might be immensely increased so as to secure a reign of plenty for all.
Or, ‘We don’t like the idea of state management of railways, and the present management by private companies is organized robbery.
Far more important, however, than this outbreak of discontent, was the spirit which prevailed amongst the poorer portion of the working population in the outskirts of London.
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.
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