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Can't you see the waste of it—waste of labour, skill, cunning, waste of life in short? CAN'T YOU SEE THE WASTE OF IT WASTE OF LABOR SKILL CUNNING WASTE OF LIFE IN SHORT
f the world! What creature on earth would be harmed by such a revolution? Nay, would not everybody be the better for it? And what hinders it? I will tell you presently. Meantime let us pass from this “competition” between nations to that between “the organizers of labour,” great firms, joint-stock companies; capitalists in short, and see how competition “stimulates production” among them: indeed it does do that; but what kind of production? Well, production of something to sell at a profit, or say production of profits: and note how war commercial stimulates that: a certain market is demanding goods; there are, say, a hundred manufacturers who make that kind of goods, and every one of them would if he could keep that market to himself; and struggles desperately to get as much of it as he can, with the obvious result that presently the thing is overdone, and the market is glutted, and all that fury of manufacture has to sink into cold ashes. Doesn’t that seem something like war to you?  WASTE WHICH THEY WOULD AVOID HOW MUCH SUCH A REVOLUTION WOULD ADD TO THE WEALTH OF THE WORLD WHAT CREATURE ON EARTH WOULD BE HARMED BY SUCH A REVOLUTION NAY WOULD NOT EVERYBODY BE THE BETTER FOR IT AND WHAT HINDERS IT I WILL TELL YOU PRESENTLY MEANTIME LET US PASS FROM THIS COMPETITION BETWEEN NATIONS TO THAT BETWEEN THE ORGANIZERS OF LABOUR GREAT FIRMS JOINT STOCK COMPANIES CAPITALISTS IN SHORT AND SEE HOW COMPETITION STIMULATES PRODUCTION AMONG THEM INDEED IT DOES DO THAT BUT WHAT KIND OF PRODUCTION WELL PRODUCTION OF SOMETHING TO SELL IT A PROFIT OR SAY PRODUCTION OF PROFITS AND NOTE HOW WAR COMMERCIAL STIMULATES THAT A CERTAIN MARKET IS DEMANDING GOODS THERE SAY A HUNDRED MANUFACTURERS WHO MAKE THAT KIND OF GOODS AND EVERY ONE OF THEM WOULD IF HE COULD KEEP THAT MARKET TO HIMSELF AND STRUGGLES DESPERATELY TO GET AS MUCH OF IT AS HE CAN WITH THE OBVIOUS RESULT THAT PRESENTLY THE THING IS OVERDONE AND THE MARKET IS GLUTTED AND ALL THAT FURY OF MANUFACTURE HAS TO SINK INTO COLD ASHES 
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