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If the capital of the rich man consists of land, he is able to force a tenant to improve his land for him and pay him tribute in the form of rack rent; and at the end of the transaction has his land again, generally improved, so that he can begin again and go on for ever, he and his heirs, doing nothing, a mere burden on the community for ever, while others are working for him. IF THE CAPITAL OF THE RICH MAN CONSISTS OF LAND HE IS ABLE TO FORCE A TENANT TO IMPROVE HIS LAND FOR HIM AND PAY HIM TRIBUTE IN THE FORM OF RACK REND AND AT THE END OF THE TRANSACTION HAS HIS LAND AGAIN GENERALLY IMPROVED SO THAT HE CAN BEGIN AGAIN AND GO ON FOR EVER HE AND HIS HEIRS DOING NOTHING A MERE BURDEN ON THE COMMUNITY FOR EVER WHILE OTHERS ARE WORKING FOR HIM
gs than well-to-do people have. He has also to pay the commission of the middle-men who distribute the goods which he has made, in a way so wasteful that now all thinking people cry out against it, though they are quite helpless against it in our present society. Finally, he has often to pay an extra tax in the shape of a contribution to a benefit society or trades’ union, which is really a tax on the precariousness of his employment caused by the gambling of his masters in the market. In short, besides the profit or the result of unpaid labour which he yields to his immediate master he has to give back a large part of his wages to the class of which his master is a part. The privilege of the possessing class therefore consists in their living on this tribute, they themselves either not working or working unproductively—i.e., living on the labour of others; no otherwise than as the master of ancient days lived on the labour of his slave, or as the baron lived on the labour of his serf. O HIS EARNINGS THAN WELL TO DO PEOPLE HAVE HE HAS ALSO TO PAY THE COMMISSION OF THE MIDDLE MEN WHO DISTRIBUTE THE GOODS WHICH HE HAS MADE IN A WAY SO WASTEFUL THAT NOW ALL THINKING PEOPLE CRY OUT AGAINST IT THOUGH THEY ARE QUITE HELPLESS AGAINST IT IN OUR PRESENT SOCIETY FINALLY HE HAS OFTEN TO PAY AN EXTRA TAX IN THE SHAPE OF A CONTRIBUTION TO A BENEFIT SOCIETY OR TRADES UNION WHICH IS REALLY A TAX ON THE PRECARIOUSNESS OF HIS EMPLOYMENT CAUSED BY THE GAMBLING OF HIS MASTERS IN THE MARKET IN SHORT BESIDES THE PROFIT OR THE RESULT OF UNPAID LABOUR WHICH HE YIELDS TO HIS IMMEDIATE MASTER HE HAS TO GIVE BACK A LARGE PART OF HIS WAGES TO THE CLASS OF WHICH HIS MASTER IS A PART THE PRIVILEGE OF THE POSSESSING CLASS THEREFORE CONSISTS IN THEIR LIVING ON THIS TRIBUTE THEY THEMSELVES EITHER NOT WORKING OR WORKING UNPRODUCTIVELY THAT IS LIVING ON THE LABOUR OF OTHERS NO OTHERWISE THAN AS THE MASTER OF ANCIENT DAYS LIVED ON THE LABOUR OF HIS SLAVE OR AS THE BARON LIVED ON THE LABOUR OF HIS SERF
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