> Kropotkin was thus both an anarchist and a communist and was cordial and cooperated with authoritarian communists. Cordial yes. But he was not "friendly" and

> Kropotkin was thus both an anarchist and a communist and was cordial and cooperated with authoritarian communists. Cordial yes. But he was not "friendly" and did not "cooperate". Famously, Kropotkin could not be hurt by Lenin as he was a very popular figure and hurting him would have strongly destabilized his power. So he tried to bribe him with public money, which Kropotkin refused because it was handed out as a privilege for him specifically and not a fundamental right for all. So he ended up dying in misery in a small cabin in the woods. Emma Goldman's autobiography contains some accounts of this story.