"Between man and his social environment there is a reciprocal action. Men make society what it is and society makes men what they are, and the result is therefore a kind of vicious circle."
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The Method of Freedom: An Errico Malatesta Reader (2014)
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Errico Malatesta
Errico Malatesta (December 14, 1853 – July 22, 1932) was an Italian anarcho-communist.
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