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Victoria C. Woodhull: “Labor can exist—though not flourish—without capital; but capital cannot exist entirely divorced from labor.”

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Labor can exist—though not flourish—without capital; but capital cannot exist entirely divorced from labor.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull explains the interdependence of labor and capital, noting that while labor can exist without capital, capital cannot thrive without labor.

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