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So much for the ordinary use of machinery, which would probably, after a time, be somewhat restricted when men found out that there was no need for anxiety as to mere subsistence, and learned to take an interest and pleasure in handiwork which, done deliberately and thoughtfully, could be made more attractive than machine work. SO MUCH FOR THE ORDINARY USE OF MACHINERY WHICH WOULD PROBABLY AFTER A TIME BE SOMEWHAT RESTRICTED WHEN MEN FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS NO NEED FOR ANXIETY AS TO MERE SUBSISTENCE AND LEARNED TO TAKE AN INTEREST AND PLEASURE IN HANDIWORK WHICH DONE DELIBERATELY AND THOUGHTFULLY COULD BE MADE MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN MACHINE WORK
 used phrase which implies what we expect of them; but we do not get what we expect. What they really do is to reduce the skilled labourer to the ranks of the unskilled, to increase the number of the “reserve army of labour”—that is, to increase the precariousness of life among the workers and to intensify the labour of those who serve the machines (as slaves their masters). All this they do by the way, while they pile up the profits of the employers of labour, or force them to expend those profits in bitter commercial war with each other. In a true society these miracles of ingenuity would be for the first time used for minimizing the amount of time spent in unattractive labour, which by their means might be so reduced as to be but a very light burden on each individual. All the more as these machines would most certainly be very much improved when it was no longer a question as to whether their improvement would “pay” the individual, but rather whether it would benefit the community. G MACHINES A COMMONLY USED PHRASE WHICH IMPLIES WHAT WE EXPECT OF THEM BUT WE DO NOT GET WHAT WE EXPECT WHAT THEY REALLY DO IS TO REDUCE THE SKILLED LABORER TO THE RANKS OF THE UNSKILLED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF THE RESERVE ARMY OF LABOR THAT IS TO INCREASE THE PRECARIOUSNESS OF LIFE AMONG THE WORKERS AND TO INTENSIFY THE LABOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVE THE MACHINES AS SLAVES THEIR MASTERS ALL THIS THEY DO BY THE WAY WHILE THEY PILE UP THE PROFITS OF THE EMPLOYERS OF LABOR OR FORCE THEM TO EXPEND THOSE PROFITS IN BITTER COMMERCIAL WAR WITH EACH OTHER IN A TRUE SOCIETY THESE MIRACLES OF INGENUITY WOULD BE FOR THE FIRST TIME USED FOR MINIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT IN UNATTRACTIVE LABOUR WHICH BY THEIR MEANS MIGHT BE SO REDUCED AS TO BE BUT A VERY LIGHT BURDEN ON EACH INDIVIDUAL ALL THE MORE AS THESE MACHINES WOULD MOST CERTAINLY BE VERY MUCH IMPROVED WHEN IT WAS NO LONGER A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THEIR IMPROVEMENT WOULD PAY THE INDIVIDUAL BUT RATHER WHETHER IT WOULD BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY
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