There is, consequently, in these latter countries, almost literally, no diversity of industry, no science, no skill, no invention, no machinery, no manufactures, no production, and no wealth; but everywhere miserable poverty, ignorance, servitude, and wretchedness.
Spooner paints a dire picture of poverty and ignorance resulting from the absence of industry and wealth.
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