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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: All that can be said is, that the worker in Germany gets more for his wages than he gets in this country--the paradise…

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All that can be said is, that the worker in Germany gets more for his wages than he gets in this country--the paradise of the middleman--a paradise which it will remain so long as it lives chiefly on imported food produce.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin claims that German workers receive more value for their wages compared to those in Britain.

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