RussiaPeter Kropotkin was a Russian geographer and the leading theorist of anarchist communism. In works such as Mutual Aid and The Conquest of Bread, he argued for a stateless society of voluntary, cooperative communes.
In the 12 Axes register, Peter Kropotkin leans hardest on Federal – Unitary: Federal 95%; the register median is Unitary 68%.
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Where Peter Kropotkin sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Confederal
Free federation of autonomous communes
Direct Democracy
Direct self-management without rulers
Anarchist
Abolition of the state
Internationalism
Stateless international solidarity
Non-Aggressive
Antimilitarist, yet backed the Allies in 1914
Multiculturalist
Mutual aid across all peoples
Communist
Common ownership, distribution by need
Interventionism
No markets; communes coordinate production
Limited Trade
Favored regional self-sufficiency
Atheist
Atheist and scientific materialist
Revolutionary
Revolutionary social transformation
Technological
Embraced science and small-scale industry
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Peter Kropotkin is at Federal 95%. The register median is Unitary 68%.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Peter Kropotkin is at Democratic 83%, almost the register median of Democratic 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.marxists.org
Portrait: Nadar, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
