That is because no state, not even the most republican and democratic, not even the pseudo-popular state contemplated by Marx, in essence represents … - Mikhail Bakunin

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That is because no state, not even the most republican and democratic, not even the pseudo-popular state contemplated by Marx, in essence represents anything but government of the masses from above downward, by an educated and thereby privileged minority which supposedly understands the real interests of the people better than the people themselves.

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About Mikhail Bakunin

Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (Russian: Михаил Александрович Бакунин) (30 May 1814 – 1 July 1876) was a Russian political philosopher, anarchist, and noted atheist.

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Native Name: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Баку́нин
Alternative Names: Michael Bakunin Michail Alexandrovich Bakunin A. M. Bakunin Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin Bakunin
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To be free ... means to be acknowledged and treated as such by all his fellowmen. The liberty of every individual is only the reflection of his own humanity, or his human right through the conscience of all free men, his brothers and his equals. (...) I am not myself free or human until or unless I recognize the freedom and humanity of all my fellowmen.

Oroszországban nehéz, sőt majdnem lehetetlen megállnia a hivatalnoknak, hogy ne váljék tolvajjá. Először is mindenki lop körülötte, s a szokás neki is természetévé válik, ami azelőtt rosszallást keltett, utálatosnak tűnt, hamarosan természetessé, elkerülhetetlenné, szükségszerűvé lesz; másodszor az alárendelt sokszor maga is kénytelen valamilyen formában sápot adni följebbvalójának; végül pedig azért, mert ha valaki fejébe veszi is, hogy becsületes ember marad, társai és főnökei gyűlölni fogják: először kikiáltják csodabogárnak, barbárnak, összeférhetetlennek, és ha nem javul meg, még liberálisnak, veszedelmes szabadgondolkodónak is; addig nem lesz nyugtuk, amíg teljesen el nem tapossák, és el nem söprik a föld színéről.

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