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anarchists  

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  • Anarchists hold that hierarchical institutional authority is inherently detrimental to human beings. A key difference between what can be termed classical and contemporary anarchism is the latter's increasingly fractured nature, which arguably reflects the culturally and politically diverse nature of contemporary American society. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Anarchists]

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