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As also it cannot use the labour power of the inferior class fairly in producing real wealth, it wastes it wholesale in the production of rubbish. It is this robbery and waste on the part of the minority which keeps the majority poor; if it could be shown that it is necessary for the preservation of society that this should be submitted to, little more could be said on the matter, save that the despair of the oppressed majority would probably at some time or other destroy Society. AS ALSO IT CANNOT USE THE LABOUR POWER OF THE INFERIOR CLASS FAIRLY IN PRODUCING REAL WEALTH IT WASTES ITS WHOLESALE IN THE PRODUCTION OF RUBBISH IT IS THIS ROBBERY AND WASTE ON THE PART OF THE MINORITY WHICH KEEPS THE MAJORITY POOR IF IT COULD BE SHOWN THAT IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF SOCIETY THAT THIS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO LITTLE MORE COULD BE SAID ON THE MATTER SAVE THAT THE DESPAIR OF THE OPPRESSED MAJORITY WOULD PROBABLY AT SOME TIME OR OTHER DESTROY SOCIETY
n hope—of living to labour! What shall we do then, can we mend it? Well, remember once more that it is not our remote ancestors who achieved the victory over Nature, but our fathers, nay, our very selves. For us to sit hopeless and helpless then would be a strange folly indeed: be sure that we can amend it. What, then, is the first thing to be done? We have seen that modern society is divided into two classes, one of which is _privileged_ to be kept by the labour of the other—that is, it forces the other to work for it and takes from this inferior class everything that it _can_ take from it, and uses the wealth so taken to keep its own members in a superior position, to make them beings of a higher order than the others: longer lived, more beautiful, more honoured, more refined than those of the other class. I do not say that it troubles itself about its members being positively long lived, beautiful or refined, but merely insists that they shall be so relatively to the inferior class. ED INTO COMPULSION BY MAN TO LABOUR IN HOPE OF LIVING TO LABOR WHAT SHALL WE DO THEN CAN WE MEND IT WELL REMEMBER ONCE MORE THAT IT IS NOT OUR REMOTE ANCESTORS WHO ACHIEVED THE VICTORY OF NATURE BUT OUR FATHERS NAY OUR VERY SELVES FOR US TO SIT HOPELESS AND HELPLESS THEN WOULD BE A STRANGE FOLLY INDEED BE SURE THAT WE CAN AMEND IT WHAT THEN IS THE FIRST THING TO BE DONE WE HAVE SEEN THAT MODERN SOCIETY IS DIVIDED INTO TWO CLASSES OF WHICH IS PRIVILEGED TO BE KEPT BY THE LABOUR OF THE OTHER THAT IS IT FORCES THE OTHER TO WORK FOR IT AND TAKES FROM THIS INFERIOR CLASS EVERYTHING THAT IT CAN TAKE FROM IT AND USES THE WEALTH SO TAKEN TO KEEP ITS OWN MEMBERS IN A SUPERIOR POSITION TO MAKE THEM BEINGS OF A HIGHER ORDER THAN THE OTHERS LONGER LIVED MORE BEAUTIFUL MORE HONORED MORE REFINED THAN THOSE OF THE OTHER CLASS I DO NOT SAY THAT IT TROUBLES ITSELF ABOUT ITS MEMBERS BEING POSITIVELY LONG LIVED BEAUTIFUL OR REFINED BUT MERELY INSISTS THAT THEY SHALL BE SO RELATIVELY TO THE INFERIOR CLASS
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