State conspiracy
 

The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens ... Henceforth, I shall never serve any government anywhere. -- Tolstoy

:1orglaugh this is some serious conspiracy :1orglaugh

What might have otherwise been an interesting topic, ... suffers from the typical GFY/4chan mindset.

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GFY's never the place for a discussion like this.

Tolstoy was a non violent anarchist. He was also a horrible father and abandoned his family several times to pursue his asceticism. He also grew up during the peak of Russian Aristocratic excess and the Russian Nobility's relentless abuses of power. So Tolstoy was speaking out against the oppression of the Russian State, not all states. He never truly traveled enough to see the beauty in democracy for it did not really exist in Eastern Europe.