And they are so few, in comparison with the ever-growing requirements of industry--and of science as well, as I am about to prove--that all over the world we hear complaints about the scarcity of precisely such men.
Kropotkin notes the global complaints about the scarcity of skilled individuals who bridge the gap between science and manual labor.
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Or, ‘We don’t like the idea of state management of railways, and the present management by private companies is organized robbery.
But in all civilized countries the production, both agricultural and industrial, ought to and easily might be immensely increased so as to secure a reign of plenty for all.
Most socialists had hitherto said that in our present civilized societies we actually produce much more than is necessary for guaranteeing full well-being to all.
It is only the distribution which is defective; and if a social revolution took place, nothing more would be required than for everyone to return to his factory or workshop, Society taking possession for itself of the ‘surplus value’ or…
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