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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. 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
rom time to time. They call this sort of nonsense “practical;” it _seems_ like doing something, while the steady propaganda of a principle which must prevail in the end is, according to them, doing nothing, and is unpractical. For the rest, it is not likely to become dangerous, further than as it clogs the wheels of the real movement somewhat, because it is sometimes a mere piece of reaction, as when, for instance, 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. USED AND ABSORBED BY IT FROM TIME TO TIME THEY CALL THIS SORT OF NONSENSE PRACTICAL IT SEEMS LIKE DOING SOMETHING WHILE THE STEADY PROPAGANDA OF A PRINCIPLE WHICH MUST PREVAIL IN THE END IS ACCORDING TO THEM DOING NOTHING AND IS UNPRACTICAL FOR THE REST IT IS NOT LIKELY TO BECOME DANGEROUS FURTHER THAN AS IT CLOAKS THE WHEELS OF THE REAL MOVEMENT SOMEWHAT BECAUSE IT IS SOMETIMES A MERE PIECE OF REACTION 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
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