The young generation actually refused to eat that bread, and to enjoy the riches that had been accumulated in their fathers’ houses by means of servile labour, whether the labourers were actual serfs or slaves of the present industrial system.
Kropotkin highlights the rejection of inherited wealth by the younger generation, emphasizing their desire for change.
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