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These are cold words with which to describe the tyranny under which we suffer; try then to consider what they mean. THESE ARE COLD WORDS WITH WHICH TO DESCRIBE THE TYRANNY UNDER WHICH WE SUFFER TRY THEN TO CONSIDER WHAT THEY MEAN
as the wage-payers bid them, and their very habits of life are _forced_ on them by their masters. But it is waste of time to try to express in words due contempt of the productions of the much-praised cheapness of our epoch. It must be enough to say that this cheapness is necessary to the system of exploiting on which modern manufacture rests. In other words, our society includes a great mass of slaves, who must be fed, clothed, housed and amused as slaves, and that their daily necessity compels them to make the slave-wares whose use is the perpetuation of their slavery. To sum up, then, concerning the manner of work in civilized States, these States are composed of three classes—a class which does not even pretend to work, a class which pretends to work but which produces nothing, and a class which works, but is compelled by the other two classes to do work which is often unproductive. Civilization therefore wastes its own resources, and will do so as long as the present system lasts. ERS MUST ALWAYS LIVE AS THE WAGE PAYERS BID THEM AND THEIR VERY HABITS OF LIFE ARE FORCED ON THEM BY THEIR MASTERS BUT IT IS WASTE OF TIME TO TRY TO EXPRESS IN WORDS DUE CONTEMPT OF THE PRODUCTIONS OF THE MUCH PRAISED CHEAPNESS OF OUR EPOCH IT MUST BE ENOUGH TO SAY THAT THIS CHEAPNESS IS NECESSARY TO THE SYSTEM OF EXPLOITING ON WHICH MODERN MANUFACTURE RESTS IN OTHER WORDS OUR SOCIETY INCLUDES A GREAT MASS OF SLAVES WHO MUST BE FED CLOTHED HOUSED AND AMUSED AS SLAVES AND THAT THEIR DAILY NECESSITY COMPELS THEM TO MAKE THE SLAVE WARES WHOSE USE IS THE PERPETUATION OF THEIR SLAVERY TO SUM UP THEN CONCERNING THE MANNER OF WORK IN CIVILIZED STATES THESE STATES ARE COMPOSED OF THREE CLASSES A CLASS WHICH DOES NOT EVEN PRETEND TO WORK A CLASS WHICH PRETENDS TO WORK BUT WHICH PRODUCES NOTHING AND A CLASS WHICH WORKS BUT IS COMPELLED BY THE OTHER TWO CLASSES TO DO WORK WHICH IS OFTEN UNPRODUCTIVE CIVILIZATION THEREFORE WASTES ITS OWN RESOURCES AND WILL DO SO AS LONG AS THE PRESENT SYSTEM LASTS
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