To achieve their fullest development, modern capitalist production and bank speculation require enormous centralized states, which alone are capable … - Mikhail Bakunin

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To achieve their fullest development, modern capitalist production and bank speculation require enormous centralized states, which alone are capable of subjecting the many millions of laborers to their exploitation. A federal organization, from below upward, of workers’ associations, groups, communes, districts, and, ultimately, regions and nations — the sole condition for real as opposed to fictitious freedom — is as contrary to their essence as any kind of economic autonomy is incompatible with them.