According to the passage, what is the one idea that is common to all forms of anarchism?

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According to the passage, what is the one idea that is common to all forms of anarchism?

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A.
There is no idea common to all forms of anarchism; that is why it is anarchic.
B.
They all focus on the primacy of the power of the individual.
C.
They all derive from the work of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon.
D.

They are all opposed to the centralisation of power in the state.

Option D is the correct answer.

Explanatory Answer

The passage clearly states that “for anarchists the state itself is the enemy and they have applied the same interpretation to the outcome of every revolution of the 19th and 20th centuries.”.

Note that option B is incorrect because it talks of the ‘primacy’ of the individual while anarchism puts emphasis on mutualism.