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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “But under a more rational social organisation the factory would find no such obstacles: it would be a boon to the…”

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But under a more rational social organisation the factory would find no such obstacles: it would be a boon to the village.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin envisions a future where rational social organization facilitates factory integration into village life.

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