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Here was I, in exchange for the result of some of my labour, going to be taken by Society for a treat, to the middle of Europe and back. HERE WAS I IN EXCHANGE FOR THE RESULT OF SOME OF MY LABOUR GOING TO BE TAKEN BY SOCIETY FOR A TREAT TO THE MIDDLE OF EUROPE AND BACK
 a cab and started. I reached Victoria some time before B. I secured two corner seats in a smoking-carriage, and then paced up and down the platform waiting for him. When men have nothing else to occupy their minds, they take to thinking. Having nothing better to do until B. arrived, I fell to musing. What a wonderful piece of Socialism modern civilisation has become!--not the Socialism of the so-called Socialists--a system modelled apparently upon the methods of the convict prison--a system under which each miserable sinner is to be compelled to labour, like a beast of burden, for no personal benefit to himself, but only for the good of the community--a world where there are to be no men, but only numbers--where there is to be no ambition and no hope and no fear,--but the Socialism of free men, working side by side in the common workshop, each one for the wage to which his skill and energy entitle him; the Socialism of responsible, thinking individuals, not of State-directed automata. COST ME WHAT IT MAY HAILED A CAB AND STARTED I REACHED VICTORIA SOME TIME BEFORE B I SECURED TWO CORNER SEATS IN A SMOKING CARRIAGE AND THEN PACED UP AND DOWN THE PLATFORM WAITING FOR HIM WHEN MEN HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO OCCUPY THEIR MINDS THEY TAKE TO THINKING HAVING NOTHING BETTER TO DO UNTIL B ARRIVED I FELL TO MUSING WHAT A WONDERFUL PIECE OF SOCIALISM MODERN CIVILIZATION HAS BECOME NOT THE SOCIALISM OF THE SO CALLED SOCIALISTS A SYSTEM MODELLED APPARENTLY UPON THE METHODS OF THE CONVICT PRISON A SYSTEM UNDER WHICH EACH MISERABLE SINNER IS TO BE COMPELLED TO LABOR LIKE A BEAST OF BURDEN FOR NO PERSONAL BENEFIT TO HIMSELF BUT ONLY FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY A WORLD WHERE THERE ARE TO BE NO MEN BUT ONLY NUMBERS WHERE THERE IS TO BE NO AMBITION AND NO HOPE AND NO FEAR BUT THE SOCIALISM OF FREE MEN WORKING SIDE BY SIDE IN THE COMMON WORKSHOP EACH ONE FOR THE WAGE TO WHICH HIS SKILL AND ENERGY ENTITLE HIM THE SOCIALISM OF RESPONSIBLE THINKING INDIVIDUALS NOT OF STATE DIRECTED AUTOMATTER
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