Of course, as long as society remains organised so as to permit the owners of the land and capital to appropriate for themselves, under the protection of the State and historical rights, the yearly surplus of human production, no such change can be thoroughly accomplished.
Kropotkin critiques the existing societal structure that allows land and capital owners to exploit production surpluses.
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