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This could have been foreseen by everyone who has some practical knowledge of industry, but it is overlooked by the theorists, who know industry mostly from books.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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Kropotkin critiques theorists who lack practical experience in industry, highlighting a gap in understanding.
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