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Now, if I could go back in time, I would just go and tell Vic Huden, listen, A lot of people are not going to read this in full and understand the full context. So maybe don't use the word authority here. Maybe be more specific and use the word expertise or something so people don't get confused. Because when you read it in context, it becomes very clear.
Now, if I could go back in time, I would just go and tell Vic Huden, listen, A lot of people are not going to read this in full and understand the full context. So maybe don't use the word authority here. Maybe be more specific and use the word expertise or something so people don't get confused. Because when you read it in context, it becomes very clear.
Now, if I could go back in time, I would just go and tell Vic Huden, listen, A lot of people are not going to read this in full and understand the full context. So maybe don't use the word authority here. Maybe be more specific and use the word expertise or something so people don't get confused. Because when you read it in context, it becomes very clear.
But there are people who take the title of that article, or they take one quote or one passage that's taken out of context from the whole, or they take like, for example, there's a version of that article that is cut off from the entire thing on Marxist.org, I think.
But there are people who take the title of that article, or they take one quote or one passage that's taken out of context from the whole, or they take like, for example, there's a version of that article that is cut off from the entire thing on Marxist.org, I think.
But there are people who take the title of that article, or they take one quote or one passage that's taken out of context from the whole, or they take like, for example, there's a version of that article that is cut off from the entire thing on Marxist.org, I think.
So it's like an incomplete version of that text available in one page and then the full version is available in the anarchist library. Incredible. So you have people who basically use that article to argue that actually, you know, Bakunin wasn't against authority, but in context, it makes sense. What he's talking about authority there, he's specifically talking about expertise.
So it's like an incomplete version of that text available in one page and then the full version is available in the anarchist library. Incredible. So you have people who basically use that article to argue that actually, you know, Bakunin wasn't against authority, but in context, it makes sense. What he's talking about authority there, he's specifically talking about expertise.
So it's like an incomplete version of that text available in one page and then the full version is available in the anarchist library. Incredible. So you have people who basically use that article to argue that actually, you know, Bakunin wasn't against authority, but in context, it makes sense. What he's talking about authority there, he's specifically talking about expertise.
He still says that in the end, he's not going to be commanded by that expert. He's just going to take their perspective into account because he understands the incompleteness of his own perspective. That is a very different relationship from the sort of command and subordination that we see in an authoritarian relationship.
He still says that in the end, he's not going to be commanded by that expert. He's just going to take their perspective into account because he understands the incompleteness of his own perspective. That is a very different relationship from the sort of command and subordination that we see in an authoritarian relationship.
He still says that in the end, he's not going to be commanded by that expert. He's just going to take their perspective into account because he understands the incompleteness of his own perspective. That is a very different relationship from the sort of command and subordination that we see in an authoritarian relationship.
And while expertise often gets conflated with authority in positions in the current system, that often is damaging to authority itself.
And while expertise often gets conflated with authority in positions in the current system, that often is damaging to authority itself.
And while expertise often gets conflated with authority in positions in the current system, that often is damaging to authority itself.
If you think about the relationship people have, for example, with, and this is a sort of a contentious one, but if you look at the relationship people have with like their own like personal doctor, their family doctor, this is the relationship that they might have with a public health professional.
If you think about the relationship people have, for example, with, and this is a sort of a contentious one, but if you look at the relationship people have with like their own like personal doctor, their family doctor, this is the relationship that they might have with a public health professional.
If you think about the relationship people have, for example, with, and this is a sort of a contentious one, but if you look at the relationship people have with like their own like personal doctor, their family doctor, this is the relationship that they might have with a public health professional.
When people go to their personal doctor, it's very easy for them to sort of, you know, accept that sort of expertise. They have a relationship with them. They understand that they trust them, whatever the case may be. Of course, there are places where, because healthcare is inaccessible, people don't have that relationship with their doctor. But, you know, I'm speaking internationally here.
When people go to their personal doctor, it's very easy for them to sort of, you know, accept that sort of expertise. They have a relationship with them. They understand that they trust them, whatever the case may be. Of course, there are places where, because healthcare is inaccessible, people don't have that relationship with their doctor. But, you know, I'm speaking internationally here.