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German theorist of anarcho-syndicalism, Rocker championed revolutionary unions and free federations of communes in place of the state, and in Nationalism and Culture attacked nationalism and centralized power as enemies of cultural creation.
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Rudolf Rocker leans further toward federal than 97% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Structure is where Rudolf Rocker stands furthest from the rest.
On Free market, Rudolf Rocker sits close to the catalog median.
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Current of Peter Kropotkin that sees mutual aid as a law of nature and proposes federated communes, integration of farming and industry, science serving all and an ethics of solidarity without the state.
Synthesis of anarchism and Georgism that rejects the state but treats land and natural resources as commons, defending that their rent be shared by the whole community in a free and egalitarian way.
Philosophy that rejects the state and all coercive authority, defending the free organization of society through voluntary associations, cooperation, and self-management, with freedom and equality as central values.
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Authoritarian NeoliberalismFar-Right29%
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