The Anarchist Doctrine Accessible to All

open a jailhouse would close. Reality has proved it to be just a dream. The last ten years have revealed frightening immoral tendencies in all countries. b – People are not evil by nature, as this educational system claims. People have a good nature. The capitalist regime of compulsory competition and unavoidable fights is what makes people perverse, phony, liars, insulting, non-loyal, bitter, and vengeful. All we have to do is to reflect upon a very poignant fact: no father dares to name his child Judas, Nero, Herodes, Tartufo, Iago, Joaquim Silvério3, or any of those legendary names of cruelty and vileness. On the contrary, everybody prefers to name their child after illustrious characters or saints, as Cesar, Dante, Homer, Newton, and Murilo. In the times of Floriano Peixoto 4 , who was considered by many people to have the rare qualities of a soldier and of an administrator, hundreds of children were baptized with his name.

Nobody has been baptized after Antônio Silvino 5 or a Roca 6.

This proves that people’s nature is inclined to good and beauty. In an individual, the selfless instinct always prevails, although this instinct cannot develop itself in a regime built upon selfishness. No education can create fraternal bonds within a social environment of economic competition that compels brothers to compete as commercial or political opponents. There is no moral principle that keeps the poor crushed famished laborers from selling their bodies to easily get some more comfort. There is no consciousness that is able to always speak the truth in a society where lie, deceit, and hypocrisy are necessary defenses. Not only necessary, they are vital.

Now let us consider that the amazing moral progress would not operate in the world if we were to swiftly pass on to an anarchic society. Theft, all types of stealing, fraud, gambling, swindle, deceit, trickery, and scam would be impossible because anarchy is a society without private property. With everyone’s life and comfort assured, people would not have to prostitute themselves. Once all lawsuits are over, two thirds 82