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Georgism, named after Henry George (1839-1897), a U.S.
political economist, is a philosophy and economic ideology
that follows from the belief that everyone owns what they
create, but everything supplied by nature, most importantly
Georgism,
land, belongs equally to all humanity
named after
. Georgism is also
referred to as “geoism”
Henry George
Conflicts and frustra(1839-1897), -
Prince Peter (Pyotr)
tions---the theme of
Alexeyevich Kropotkin (Russian:
a U.S. politi-
Пётр Алексе́евич Кропо́ткин) (9 December 1842 - 8
all history and almost
cal economist,
February 1921) was one of Russia’
all biography. “I show
s foremost anarchists
you sorris a philosophy ow,” said the
and one of the first advocates of anarchist communism: the
Buddha r
and economic
ealistically.
model of society he advocated for most of his life was that But he also showed
of a communalist society free from central government.
the ending of sorr
ideology that
ow-
--self-knowledge,
follows from
total acceptance, the
the belief that
“Either the State for blessed experience of
everyone owns
ever, crushing individual and local life,
taking over in all fields of human activity
Not-Two.
what they cre-
, bringing with
it its wars and its domestic struggles for power
ate, but every-
, its palace
revolutions which only replace one tyrant by another
thing supplied
, and
inevitably at the end of this development there is ... death!
by nature,
Or the destruction of States, and new life starting again in
“Patriotism is not enough.” But
neither is anything else. Scimost impor- -
thousands of centers on the principle of the lively initiative
ence is not enough, r
tantly land,
eligion is
of the individual and groups and that of free agreement.
Ar
not enough, art is not enough,
maments, universal debt and
belongs equally
The choice lies with you!”planned obsolesence—those ar
politics and economics are not
enough, nor is love, nor is duty
to all human-
e the
three pillars of Western Prosperity
,
....
And while you people ar
nor is action however disinter
ity. Georgism
e overcon
-
-
suming the r
ested, nor
is
, however sublime, is
est of the world sinks
also referred “Armaments,
co-operativemor
contemplation. Nothing short
e and mor
of everything will r
to as “geoism”
e deeply into chronic
disaster.
eally do.
universal debt and
Armaments, universal debt and
Prince Pe-
planned obsolesence—those
are the thr
ter (Pyotr)
planned obsolesence—
ee pillars of Western

ProsperityAlexeyevich ....And while you
people are overconsuming the
those are the three pillars
Kropotkin
rest of the world sinks more
and mor
(Russian: П
e deeply into chr
ППП
onic

of Western Prosperity...
disaster. ППППППППППП
ПППППППППП)
And while you people
Ignorance, milatirism, and
breeding, these thr
(9 Decem
ee— and
-
are overconsuming
the greatest of these is brber 1842 eed-
ing. No Hope, not the slight
- 8 February
-
est possibility, of solving the
the rest of the world sinks
economic pr
1921) w
oblem until thats
as
under contr
one of Rus
ol. As population
- more and more deeply
rushes up, pr
sia’s foremost
osperity goes
down. ... And as prosperity
into chronic
anarchists
goes down, discontent and
rebellion, political ruthlessness
and one of the
disaster.”
and party rule, nationism and
first advocates
bellicosity begin to rise.
of anarchist
communism:
the model of
society he
advocated for
most of his life
was that of a
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