shigalovism, n.All

Shigalovism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the system that starts from unlimited freedom and arrives at unlimited despotism — and remains, its author insists, the only solution.

Shigalovism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠equality through slavery: every one belongs to all and all to every one, everyone spies and informs — Cicero's tongue cut out, Copernicus's eyes put out, Shakespeare stoned.

Shigalovism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠government by philosophers who believe in nothing: one tenth with unlimited authority, nine tenths led back as sheep to a primitive paradise where they must work.

Shigalovism (n.) divides ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠mankind: one-tenth with absolute liberty and unbounded power, and nine-tenths turned into a herd that, through boundless submission, regains primeval innocence — an earthly paradise.