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To keep the peasant at the lowest possible level, by means of taxation, serfdom, and the like, has been, and is still, the policy of most continental States.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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Kropotkin critiques the policies of continental states aimed at keeping peasants in a state of poverty.
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