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Which, then? Surely the useful one, the one that the world lives by, and on. The business of the people at present is to make it impossible for the useless, non producing class to live; while the business of Constitutionalism is, on the contrary, to make it possible for them to live. WHICH THEN SURELY THE USEFUL ONE THE ONE THAT THE WORLD LIVES BY AND ON THE BUSINESS OF THE PEOPLE AT PRESENT IS TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE USELESS NON PRODUCING CLASS TO LIVE WHILE THE BUSINESS OF CONSTITUTIONALISM IS ON THE CONTRARY TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO LIVE
lves and others, and who cannot accept compromise; who can see nothing that can give us rest for a minute save the emancipation of labour, which will be brought about by the workers gaining possession of all the means of the fructification of labour; and who, even when that is gained, shall have pure Communism ahead to strive for? What are we to do, then? Stand by and look on? Not exactly. Yet we may look on other people doing their work while we do ours. They are already beginning, as I have said, to stumble about with attempts at State Socialism. Let them make their experiments and blunders, and prepare the way for us by so doing. And our own business? Well, we—sect or party, or group of self-seekers, madmen, and poets, which you will—are at least the only set of people who have been able to see that there is and has been a great class-struggle going on. Further, we can see that this class-struggle cannot come to an end till the classes themselves do: one class must absorb the other.  TO KEEP ALWAYS BEFORE OURSELVES AND OTHERS AND WHO CANNOT ACCEPT COMPROMISE WHO CAN SEE NOTHING THAT CAN GIVE US REST FOR A MINUTE SAVE THE EMANCIPATION OF LABOR WHICH WILL BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE WORKERS GAINING POSSESSION OF ALL THE MEANS OF THE FRUCTIFICATION OF LABOR AND WHO EVEN WHEN THAT IS GAINED SHALL HAVE PURE COMMUNISM AHEAD TO STRIVE FOR WHAT ARE WE TO DO THEN STAND BY AND LOOK ON NOT EXACTLY YET WE MAY LOOK ON OTHER PEOPLE DOING THEIR WORK WHILE WE DO OURS THEY ARE ALREADY BEGINNING AS I HAVE SAID TO STUMBLE ABOUT WITH ATTEMPTS AT STATE SOCIALISM LET THEM MAKE THEIR EXPERIMENTS AND BLUNDERS AND PREPARE THE WAY FOR US BY SO DOING AND OUR OWN BUSINESS WHILE WE SECT OR PARTY OR GROUP OF SELF SEEKERS MADMEN AND POETS WHICH YOU WILL ARE AT LEAST THE ONLY SET OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THAT THERE IS AND HAS BEEN A GREAT CLASS STRUGGLE GOING ON FURTHER WE CAN SEE THAT THIS CLASS STRUGGLE CANNOT COME TO AN END TILL THE CLASSES THEMSELVES DO ONE CLASS MUST ABSORB THE OTHER
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