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Have anarchist schemes failed because their means have been unrealistic or because their ends have been unobtainable?
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Have anarchist schemes failed because their means have been unrealistic or because their ends have been unobtainable? Anarchism is the political belief that society should have no government, laws, police, or other authority, but should be a free association of all its members. William Godwin, an important anarchist philosopher in Britain during the late 18th century, believed that the 'euthanasia of government' would be achieved through 'individual moral reformation'. Pierre Joseph Proudhon once famously declared "property is theft" and that "anarchy is order". Speaking in 1840, he was the first self-proclaimed anarchist. Anarchy comes from the Greek word "anarchos", meaning "without rulers", and the movement draws on the ideas of philosophers like William Godwin and John Locke. The anarchist rejection of a ruling class inspired communist thinkers too. Peter Kropotkin, a Russian prince and leading anarcho-communist, led this rousing cry in 1897: "Either the State for ever, crushing individual and local...
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