#the conquest of bread

[philosophybits]

We must recognize, and loudly proclaim, that every one, whatever his grade in the old society, whether strong or weak, capable or incapable, has, before everything, the right to live, and that society is bound to share amongst all, without exception, the means of existence at its disposal. We must acknowledge this, and proclaim it aloud, and act upon it.

Peter Kropotkin, The Conquest of Bread

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[medusassecondcousin]

I spent to much money on books today :)

[blackboardxyz]

Today is the birthday of Anarcho-communist scientist and philosopher Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin.

[int1macyyyy]

I'm having drinks and watching someone make a tier list on what call of duty characters are most bangable. Life is fucking wild. I might have some leftover breadsticks. Hells yeah.

[ratcharlie]

the conquest of bread by peter kropotkin will always be on my list of book recommendations

[philosophybitmaps]

[wreckitremy]

"Despots, kings, and emperors have always employed the ruse of throwing a scrap of food to the people to gain time to snatch up the whip"

The Conquest of Bread

[alicearmageddon]

MAN, however, is not a being whose exclusive purpose in life is eating, drinking, and providing a shelter for himself. As soon as his material wants are satisfied, other needs, of an artistic character, will thrust themselves forward the more ardently. Aims of life vary with each and every individual; and the more society is civilized, the more will individuality be developed, and the more will desires be varied.

Even to-day we see men and women denying themselves necessaries to acquire mere trifles, to obtain some particular gratification, or some intellectual or material enjoyment. A Christian or an ascetic may disapprove of these desires for luxury; but it is precisely these trifles that break the monotony of existence and make it agreeable. Would life, with all its inevitable sorrows, be worth living, if besides daily work man could never obtain a single pleasure according to his individual tastes?

If we wish for a Social Revolution, it is no doubt in the first place to give bread to all; to transform this execrable society, in which we can every day see robust workmen dangling their arms for want of an employer who will exploit them; women and children wandering shelterless at night; whole families reduced to dry bread; men, women, and children dying for want of care and even for want of food. It is to put an end to these iniquities that we rebel.

But we expect more from the Revolution. We see that the worker compelled to struggle painfully for bare existence, is reduced to ignorance of these higher delights, the highest within man's reach, of science, and especially of scientific discovery; of art, and especially of artistic creation. It is in order to obtain these joys for all, which are now reserved to a few; in order to give leisure and the possibility of developing intellectual capacities, that the social revolution must guarantee daily bread to all. After bread has been secured, leisure is the supreme aim.

-The Conquest Of Bread, by Peter Kropotkin (1892)

[sabotabby]

I love this more than most things and plz tell me there will be some prints available.

Delightful Liberation

[wu-sisyphus-gang]

One of two things has to be true. There either is enough bread for everyone or there isn't. If there is enough bread for everyone then whence cometh hunger? If there is not enough bread for everyone why are we growing chocolate?

[philosophybits]

That we are utopians is well known. So utopian are we that we go the length of believing that the revolution can and ought to assure shelter, food, and clothes to all — an idea extremely displeasing to middle-class citizens, whatever their party color, for they are quite alive to the fact that it is not easy to keep the upper hand of a people whose hunger is satisfied.

Peter Kropotkin, The Conquest of Bread

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[consuetudinari0]

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[lilliankillthisman]

Reading The Conquest of Bread and nodding the whole time so that people can tell i like bread

[mhempire]

Marx was wealthy, but he wasn’t nobility. Meanwhile, Claire lived her formative years as a member of the nobility before ultimately coming to the decision that she did not deserve to have the power she did, and neither did anyone else, resulting in her willingly giving up both her title and the privileges it gave her in favor of denouncing the aristocratic system and living a simpler life.

Therefore, I believe that a better title would be ‘La Conquête du Yuri’.

So anyways...

Something, something, Yuri Communist Manifesto.