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Short excerpt: Paucity of life, under-populationānot over-populationābeing the distinctive feature of that immense part of the globe which we name Northern Asia, I conceived since then serious doubtsāwhich subsequent study has only confirmedāas to the reality of that fearful competition for food and life within each species, which was anā¦
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Mutual Aid is an argument against social Darwinism: against the idea that social progress, like natural evolution, relies on cutthroat competition in which the fittest survive.
Kropotkin begins from a different premise. From the idea that life is foremost a cooperative struggle. Beings struggle together against outside forces before they struggle against others of their own kind. First published in English in 1902, the book is a popular and loving account of gregarious life. It teems with examples of beings acting cooperatively: struggling together for their existence and taking pleasure in the sheer fact of being together.
Its many examplesā¦
From Xenia's list on the possibility of collectivist modern life.
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