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Philosophical Haiku

Pyotr Kropotkin (1842-1921)

by Terence Green

State of corruption
The offence of capital.
Harmony evolved.

Peter Kropotkin circa 1900 Public Domaiin

Kropotkin was one of those maladjusted types who were born into the Russian aristocracy, enjoyed a privileged upbringing with all the extras, and then came over all moral, renouncing their titles and going in for absurdities like peasant welfare. (His father was in charge of about 1,200 peasants, so he knew what he was talking about).

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