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And at the same time we learn that immense quantities of land go every year out of culture, to be transformed into game reserves for rich Englishmen and foreigners.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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Kropotkin highlights the issue of land being taken out of agricultural use for the benefit of the wealthy.
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