The Bolsheviki do the same, although their greatest teacher, Lenin, had said that Anarchism would follow Bolshevism, and that then it will be better and freer to live. Therefore I must tell you, first of all, what Anarchism is not. It is not bombs, disorder, or chaos. It is not robbery and murder. It is not a war of each against all. It is not a return to barbarism or to the wild state of man. Anarchi_sm is t~e very opposite of all that. Anarchism means that you should be free; that no one should be enslave you, boss you, rob you, or impose upon you. It means that you should be free to do the things you want to do ; and that you should ~ot be compelled to do what you don't want to do.. It means that you should have a chance to choose the kind of a life you want to live, and live it without anybody interfering. It means that the next fellow should have. the same freedom as you, that every one should have the same rights and liberties. It means that all men are brothers,- and that they should live like brothers, in peace and harmony. That is to say, that there should be no war, no violence used by one set of men against another, no monopoly, and no poverty, no oppression, no taking advantage of your fellow-man. In short, Anarchism means a condition of society where all men and women are free, and where ;ill enjoy equally the benefits of an ordered and sensible life. "Can that be ? " you ask ; " and how ? " " Not before we all become angels," your :friend remarks. Well, let us talk it over. Maybe I can show you that we can be decent and live as decent folks even without growing wings. 10 Biblioteca G.no Bianco
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