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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: The so-called “division of labour” has grown under a system which condemned the masses to toil all the day long, and all…

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The so-called “division of labour” has grown under a system which condemned the masses to toil all the day long, and all the life long, at the same wearisome kind of labour.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin critiques the negative impact of the division of labor on workers' lives.

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