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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: The industrial crises, which grow more acute and protracted, and are rendered still worse and still more acute by the…

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The industrial crises, which grow more acute and protracted, and are rendered still worse and still more acute by the armaments and wars implied by the present system, are rendering its maintenance more and more difficult.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin highlights the increasing severity of industrial crises exacerbated by militarization and war.

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