Alexander Berkman quote — “In an absolutism, the autocrat is visible and tangible. The real despo…”

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In an absolutism, the autocrat is visible and tangible. The real despotism of republican institutions is far deeper, more insidious, because it rests on the popular delusion of self-government and independence. That is the subtle source of democratic tyranny, and, as such, it cannot be reached with a bullet.

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