Peter Kropotkin

 Peter Kropotkin - what do you believe about the variety of human emotions?

I believe compassion, empathy, and solidarity are the evolutionary basis of mutual aid.

I have written, “The feeling of sympathy and compassion is as old as humanity.” — Mutual Aid, Chapter 1

I also believe, “revolutions are born from the heart as much as from the intellect.”

Do you think rage about politics is justified?

Yes — but only as a reaction, not as a strategy. Righteous anger is understandable, of course, when people are oppressed, starved, exploited, or repressed. But uncontrolled rage leads to cruelty, counterproductive violence, and new hierarchies.

I see anger as a spark for revolution, but not as the strategy. I support revolutionary upheavals and popular uprising, but I reject terrorism and vanguard violence.