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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “The industries must be scattered all over the world; and the scattering of industries amidst all civilised nations will…”

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The industries must be scattered all over the world; and the scattering of industries amidst all civilised nations will be necessarily followed by a further scattering of factories over the territories of each nation.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin advocates for the global distribution of industries to promote balanced economic development.

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