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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: But how can that land be cultivated when there is nobody to cultivate it?

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But how can that land be cultivated when there is nobody to cultivate it?
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin questions the feasibility of cultivating land without a workforce, highlighting the importance of human labor in agriculture.

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