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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “He must work with machines invented for him, not by him.”

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He must work with machines invented for him, not by him.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin emphasizes that workers are expected to operate machines they did not invent, highlighting a lack of agency in their work.

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