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RE: The anarchism of Mikhail Bakunin and the backside of democracy of Alexis de Tocqueville
Great post! Bakunin was the man responsible for the schism between the libertarian and the state communists during the First International but unfortunately, his flirting with the more nihilist elements of the movement and his fondness of the pretty un-anarchistic idea of having secret societies lead the revolution, has helped give the mostly peaceful anarchist movement a bad name