# The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/conquest-of-bread/

2 people recommended The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

1 of the 2 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “America, and probably the world, stands on a precipice”.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as an easier read than Das Kapital and a broad speculative look at alternative economic systems.

Summary written by Claude from 2 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Easier to read than Das Kapital (1 comment in the sample): "The bread book is easier to read than das kapital" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47175488))
- Speculative look at alternative systems (1 comment in the sample): "is a great speculation of alternative systems" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48008119))

## Other political philosophy books people recommend

- [Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes](https://hackerapproved.com/p/leviathan/): 9 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher](https://hackerapproved.com/p/capitalist-realism/): 6 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay](https://hackerapproved.com/p/federalist-papers/): 4 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize
- [The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels](https://hackerapproved.com/p/communist-manifesto/): 3 recommend, 0 mixed, 3 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin", https://hackerapproved.com/p/conquest-of-bread/ (2 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.