In proportion as technical knowledge becomes everybody’s virtual domain, in proportion as it becomes international, and can be concealed no longer, each nation acquires the possibility of applying the whole variety of her energies to the whole variety of industrial and agricultural pursuits.
Kropotkin argues that as technical knowledge becomes accessible, nations can harness their full potential in various industries.
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