This could have been foreseen by everyone who has some practical knowledge of industry, but it is overlooked by the theorists, who know industry mostly from books.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “This could have been foreseen by everyone who has some practical knowledge of industry, but it is overlooked by the…”
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Kropotkin critiques theorists who lack practical experience in industry, highlighting a gap in understanding.
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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.
But in all civilized countries the production, both agricultural and industrial, ought to and easily might be immensely increased so as to secure a reign of plenty for all.
Far more important, however, than this outbreak of discontent, was the spirit which prevailed amongst the poorer portion of the working population in the outskirts of London.
Already during my stay at Clairvaux I saw the necessity of completely revising the formula itself of ‘struggle for existence’ in the animal world, and its applications to human affairs.

