But they proved terrible as regards the millions of human beings who were plunged into misery and had to rely upon precarious means of living in our cities.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “But they proved terrible as regards the millions of human beings who were plunged into misery and had to rely upon…”
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Kropotkin highlights the social costs of industrialization, emphasizing the misery faced by many urban dwellers.
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