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Millions of labourers, driven away by sheer force from the land, gathered in the cities in search of labour, and soon forgot the bonds which formerly attached them to the soil.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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Kropotkin describes the mass migration of laborers from rural areas to cities, leading to a disconnection from the land.
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