For us it may be a pleasure to spend a couple of hours at a meeting, but for men whose working day begins at five or six in the morning those hours have to be stolen from necessary rest.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “For us it may be a pleasure to spend a couple of hours at a meeting, but for men whose working day begins at five or six…”
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He reflects on the challenges faced by workers who must choose between rest and participation in meetings.
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