Private ownership of tools, a basis of freedom when tools are simple becomes a basis of enslavement when tools are complex. (Upton Sinclair)

Private ownership of tools, a basis of freedom when tools are simple becomes a basis of enslavement when tools are complex.

Upton Sinclair

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