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But besides this obvious burden on the producers and the scarcely less obvious one of domestic servants, there is first the army of clerks, shop assistants, and so forth, who are engaged in the service of the private war for wealth, which, as above said, is the real occupation of the well to do middle class. BUT BESIDES THIS OBVIOUS BURDEN ONE PRODUCERS AND THE SCARCELY LESS OBVIOUS ONE OF DOMESTIC SERVANTS THERE IS FIRST THE ARMY OF CLERKS SHOP ASSISTANTS AND SO FORTH WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE SERVICE OF THE PRIVATE WAR FOR WEALTH WHICH AS ABOVE SAID IS THE REAL OCCUPATION OF THE WELL TO DO MIDDLE CLASS
the salt of the miserable system of which they are the slaves, which hinders and thwarts them at every turn, and even sometimes corrupts them. Here then is another class, this time very numerous and all-powerful, which produces very little and consumes enormously, and is therefore in the main supported, as paupers are, by the real producers. The class that remains to be considered produces all that is produced, and supports both itself and the other classes, though it is placed in a position of inferiority to them; real inferiority, mind you, involving a degradation both of mind and body. But it is a necessary consequence of this tyranny and folly that again many of these workers are not producers. A vast number of them once more are merely parasites of property, some of them openly so, as the soldiers by land and sea who are kept on foot for the perpetuating of national rivalries and enmities, and for the purposes of the national struggle for the share of the product of unpaid labour.  OWE THE PITY OF IT THE SALT OF THE MISERABLE SYSTEM OF WHICH THEY ARE THE SLAVES WHICH HINDERS AND THWARTS THEM AT EVERY TURN AND EVEN SOMETIMES CORRUPTS THEM HERE THEN IS ANOTHER CLASS THIS TIME VERY NUMEROUS AND ALL POWERFUL WHICH PRODUCES VERY LITTLE AND CONSUMES ENORMOUSLY AND IS THEREFORE IN THE MAIN SUPPORTED AS PAUPERS ARE BY THE REAL PRODUCERS THE CLASS THAT REMAINS TO BE CONSIDERED PRODUCES ALL THAT IS PRODUCED AND SUPPORTS BOTH ITSELF AND THE OTHER CLASSES THOUGH IT IS PLACED IN A POSITION OF INFERIORITY TO THEM REAL INFERIORITY MIND YOU INVOLVING A DEGRADATION BOTH OF MIND AND BODY BUT IT IS A NECESSARY CONSEQUENCE OF THIS TYRANNY AND FOLLY THAT AGAIN MANY OF THESE WORKERS ARE NOT PRODUCERS A VAST NUMBER OF THEM ONCE MORE ARE MERELY PARASITES OF PROPERTY SOME OF THEM OPENLY SO AS THE SOLDIERS BY LAND AND SEE WHO ARE KEPT ON FOOT FOR THE PERPETUATING OF NATIONAL RIVALRIES AND ENMITIES AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE NATIONAL STRUGGLE FOR THE SHARE OF THE PRODUCT OF UNPAID LABOUR
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