evolutionary biology 8
- If evolution rested mainly on the survival of the fittest through calamities, the animal world would go backward
- Competition is not the rule among animals or among humans; among animals it is limited to exceptional periods
Peter Kropotkin
Russian anarchist political philosopher and geographer (1842 to 1921), a proponent of anarchist communism; lived in exile in England from 1886 to 1917; author of Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902).
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What Peter Kropotkin says most about
capitalism 5
- A revolution that seizes property will inevitably paralyse exchange and production
- The division of labour stamps people for life into narrow tasks with no view of the whole
government 4
- Neither the centralized State nor teachings of pitiless struggle could uproot the feeling of human solidarity
- An authoritarian socialist society could not last and would break up or turn to liberty
happiness 3
- Those who do their fair share of work have a right to a fair share of everything produced
- Well-being for all is achievable thanks to inherited powers of production
motivation 2
- Well-being has always been the strongest incentive to work
- Once material wants are satisfied, artistic needs come forward
politics 2
- Anarchy and communism lead to each other as expressions of the pursuit of equality
- The danger with expropriation is doing it on too small a scale to last