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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: Or, ‘We don’t like the idea of state management of railways, and the present management by private companies is…

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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.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin reflects on the skepticism towards state management of railways and the perception of private companies as exploitative.

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