Fine with Lew, who wasn't even sure what Anarchists were, exactly, though the word was sure in the air.
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Lew wasn't the only one at the time who wasn't entirely sure what an Anarchist was. It's like how people in the 21st century don't exactly know what a Socialist is. It's just a word that's in the air to mean "anybody who needs to be scapegoated by the rich and powerful in a way that turns the general populace against them." So right now, in 1893, a lot of immigrants and unionizers are being labeled as Anarchists. If some worker is causing trouble, they're an Anarchist and that's pretty much the end of the definition.
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