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The enormous commercial success of the great co operative societies, and the absolute no effect of that success on the social conditions of the workers, are sufficient tokens of what this non political co operation must come to: "Nothing—it shall not be less." THE ENORMOUS COMMERCIAL SUCCESS OF THE GREAT CO OPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND THE ABSOLUTE NO EFFECT OF THAT SUCCESS ON THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE WORKERS ARE SUFFICIENT TOKENS OF WHAT THIS NON POLITICAL CO OPERATION MUST COME TO NOTHING IT SHALL NOT BE LESS
nce, it takes the form of peasant proprietorship, flying right in the face of the commercial development of the day, which tends ever more and more towards the aggregation of capital, thereby smoothing the way for the organized possession of the means of production by the workers when the true revolution shall come: while, on the other hand, when this attempt to manufacture a new middle-class takes the form of co-operation and the like, it is not dangerous, because it means nothing more than a slightly altered form of joint-stockery, and everybody almost is beginning to see this. The greed of men stimulated by the spectacle of profit-making all around them, and also by the burden of the interest on the money which they have been obliged to borrow, will not allow them even to approach a true system of co-operation. Those benefited by the transaction presently become eager shareholders in a commercial speculation, and if they are working-men, as they often are, they are also capitalists. AS WHEN FOR INSTANCE IT TAKES THE FORM OF PLEASANT PROPRIETORSHIP FLYING RIGHT IN THE FACE OF THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE DAY WHICH TENDS EVER MORE AND MORE TOWARDS THE AGGREGATION OF CAPITAL THEREBY SMOOTHING THE WAY FOR THE ORGANIZED POSSESSION OF THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION BY THE WORKERS WHEN THE TRUE REVOLUTION SHALL COME WHILE ON THE OTHER HAND WHEN THIS ATTEMPT TO MANUFACTURE A NEW MIDDLE CLASS TAKES THE FORM OF CO OPERATION AND THE LIKE IT IS NOT DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT MEANS NOTHING MORE THAN A SLIGHTLY ALTERED FORM OF JOINT STOCKERY AND EVERYBODY ALMOST IS BEGINNING TO SEE THIS THE GREED OF MEN STIMULATED BY THE SPECTACLE OF PROFIT MAKING ALL AROUND THEM AND ALSO BY THE BURDEN OF THE INTEREST ON THE MONEY WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN OBLIGED TO BORROW WILL NOT ALLOW THEM EVEN TO APPROACH A TRUE SYSTEM OF CO OPERATION THOSE BENEFITED BY THE TRANSACTION PRESENTLY BECOME EAGER SHAREHOLDERS IN A COMMERCIAL SPECULATION AND IF THEY ARE WORKING MEN AS THEY OFTEN ARE THEY ARE ALSO CAPITALISTS
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