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"Do not make the mistake of identifying equality in liberty with the forced equality of the convict camp. True Anarchist equality implies freedom, not quantity. It does not mean that every one must eat, drink, or wear the same things, do the same work, or live in the same manner. Far from it; the very reverse, in fact. Individual needs and tastes differ, as appetites di…
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@louis However it should not be forgotten that capitalists have also gained much property by illegitimate means, forcible dispossession, slavery, trickery, monopoly practices, etc.
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@louis If only that were true. Capitalism always involves coercion. David Harvey calls it "accumulation by dispossession". Marx called it "primitive accumulation". Rosa Luxemberg describes the process quite well (including colonialism) in her most famous book The Accumulation of Capital. There are numerous example within the last few centuries of capitalists often steal…
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