It destroys the peasant home, it renders the life of the town worker still more precarious on account of the competition it makes to him; and the trade itself is in a perpetual state of unsettledness.
Kropotkin argues that factories not only disrupt peasant homes but also exacerbate the precariousness of urban workers' lives.
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It is time to conclude, and, for every unprejudiced mind, the conclusion is self-evident.
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