Don't Worry, Kropotkin Says It's Better this Way | The Conquest of The Conquest of Bread: Chapter 12

Chapter 12 is supposed to be Kropotkin's answers to objections, but (perhaps unsurprisingly) he only goes after a few cursory criticisms and even his answers to those are seriously flawed.

Practically every argument Kropotkin makes is even better satisfied by private property, free markets, and voluntary exchange.

There are even some terrifying positions he takes that basically confirm that his "voluntary associations" are simply the coercive state with a prettier name. They have the potential to be even more tyrannical than the most callous private employer.

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Intro quote is from "Kropotkin's Ethics and the Public Good," by Williamson M. Evers: https://mises.org/journal-libertarian-studies/kropotkins-ethics-and-publc-good

Article reference: "Sweatshops: A Way Out of Poverty," an interview with Benjamin Powell https://mises.org/mises-daily/sweatshops-way-out-poverty

Intro music edited from a piece by Music for Video, courtesy Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/music_for_video-22579021/