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Will you think the example of America too trite? Anyhow, consider it! A country with universal suffrage, no king, no House of Lords, no privilege as you fondly think; only a little standing army, chiefly used for the murder of red skins; a democracy after your model; and with all that, a society corrupt to the core, and at this moment engaged in suppressing freedom with just the same reckless brutality and blind ignorance as the Czar of all the Russias uses. WILL YOU THINK THE EXAMPLE OF AMERICA TOO TRITE ANYHOW CONSIDER IT A COUNTRY WITH UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE NO KING NO HOUSE OF LORDS NO PRIVILEGES YOU FONDLY THINK ONLY A LITTLE STANDING ARMY CHIEFLY USED FOR THE MURDER OF REDSKINS A DEMOCRACY AFTER YOUR MODEL AND WITH ALL THAT A SOCIETY CORRUPT TO THE CORE AND AT THIS MOMENT ENGAGED IN SUPPRESSING FREEDOM WITH JUST THE SAME RECKLESS BRUTALITY AND BLIND IGNORANCE AS THE CZAR OF ALL THE RUSSIAS USES
etermined to support that system, therefore, you had better leave these things alone. The real masters of Society, the real tyrants of the people, are the Landlords and Capitalists, whom your political triumph would not interfere with. Then, as now, there would be a proletariat and a moneyed class. Then, as now, it would be possible sometimes for a diligent, energetic man, with his mind set wholly on such success, to climb out of the proletariat into the moneyed class, there to sweat as he once was sweated; which, my friends, is, if you will excuse the word, your ridiculous idea of freedom of contract. The sole and utmost success of your policy would be that it might raise up a strong opposition to the condition of things which it would be your function to uphold; but most probably such opposition would still be outside Parliament, and not in it; you would have made a revolution, probably not without bloodshed, only to show people the necessity for another revolution the very next day.  SUPPORTS TO IT IF YOU ARE DETERMINED TO SUPPORT THAT SYSTEM THEREFORE YOU HAD BETTER LEAVE THESE THINGS ALONE THE REAL MASTERS OF SOCIETY THE REAL TYRANTS OF THE PEOPLE ARE THE LANDLORDS AND CAPITALISTS WHOM YOUR POLITICAL TRIUMPH WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH THEN AS NOW THERE WOULD BE A PROLETARIAT AND A MONEYED CLASS THEN AS NOW IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE SOMETIMES FOR A DILIGENT ENERGETIC MAN WITH HIS MIND SET WHOLLY ON SUCH SUCCESS TO CLIMB OUT OF THE PROLETARIAT INTO THE MONEYED CLASS THERE TO SWEAT AS HE ONCE WAS SWEATED WHICH MY FRIENDS IS IF YOU WILL EXCUSE THE WORD YOUR RIDICULOUS IDEA OF FREEDOM OF CONTRACT THE SOLE AND UTMOST SUCCESS OF YOUR POLICY WOULD BE THAT IT MIGHT RAISE UP A STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE CONDITION OF THINGS WHICH IT WOULD BE YOUR FUNCTION TO UPHOLD BUT MOST PROBABLY SUCH OPPOSITION WOULD STILL BE OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT AND NOT IN IT YOU WOULD HAVE MADE A REVOLUTION PROBABLY NOT WITHOUT BLOODSHED ONLY TO SHOW PEOPLE THE NECESSITY FOR ANOTHER REVOLUTION THE VERY NEXT DAY
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