An idea from Das Kapital, Volume I

In a carriage workshop the old crafts get broken into small steps. The tailor and the locksmith who work only on carriages slowly lose their full trades. Each worker gets quick at one small task and can no longer build a whole carriage.

From Das Kapital, Volume I by Karl Marx

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