{"id":754,"date":"2025-04-29T22:28:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T04:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marginalnonhermit.com\/?p=754"},"modified":"2025-04-29T22:28:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T04:28:04","slug":"dont-worry-kropotkin-says-its-better-this-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marginalnonhermit.com\/?p=754","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Worry, Kropotkin Says It&#8217;s Better this Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The Conquest of <br><em>The Conquest of Bread<\/em>:<br>Chapter 12<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe id=\"odysee-iframe\" style=\"width:100%; aspect-ratio:16 \/ 9;\" src=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/%24\/embed\/%40MarginalNonHermit%3A3%2Fconquest-of-conquest-of-bread-12%3A8?r=8gvoByECHNgc2BfQ5o91oxf89bpi1Ui4\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Chapter 12 is supposed to be Kropotkin&#8217;s answers to objections, but (perhaps unsurprisingly) he only goes after a few cursory criticisms and even his answers to those are seriously flawed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Full show notes <a href=\"https:\/\/marginalnonhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ch-12.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Practically every argument Kropotkin makes is even better satisfied by private property, free markets, and voluntary exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">There are even some terrifying positions he takes that basically confirm that his &#8220;voluntary associations&#8221; are simply the coercive state with a prettier name. They have the potential to be even more tyrannical than the most callous private employer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This video available on <a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@MarginalNonHermit:3\/conquest-of-conquest-of-bread-12:8\">Odysee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4Je1l8lNbgs\">YouTube<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/old.bitchute.com\/video\/BAk9ph31ZR0x\/\">BitChute<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Intro quote is from &#8220;Kropotkin&#8217;s Ethics and the Public Good,&#8221; by Williamson M. Evers:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/mises.org\/journal-libertarian-studies\/kropotkins-ethics-and-publc-good\">https:\/\/mises.org\/journal-libertarian-studies\/kropotkins-ethics-and-publc-good<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Article reference:<br>&#8220;Sweatshops: A Way Out of Poverty,&#8221; an interview with Benjamin Powell<br><a href=\"https:\/\/mises.org\/mises-daily\/sweatshops-way-out-poverty\">https:\/\/mises.org\/mises-daily\/sweatshops-way-out-poverty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Intro music edited from a piece by Music for Video, courtesy Pixabay:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/music_for_video-22579021\/\">https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/music_for_video-22579021\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Conquest of The Conquest of Bread:Chapter 12 Chapter 12 is supposed to be Kropotkin&#8217;s answers to objections, but (perhaps unsurprisingly) he only goes after a few cursory criticisms and even his answers to those are seriously flawed. Full show notes here. 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