What is the meaning, in fact, of the outcry for technical education which has been raised at one and the same time in England, in France, in Germany, in the States, and in Russia, if it does not express a general dissatisfaction with the present division into scientists, scientific engineers, and workers?
Kropotkin questions the demand for technical education, suggesting it reflects dissatisfaction with the current division of labor.
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