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There is no other necessity for all this, save the necessity for grinding profits out of men's lives, and of producing cheap goods for the use (and subjection) of the slaves who grind. THERE IS NO OTHER NECESSITY FOR ALL THIS SAVE THE NECESSITY FOR GRINDING PROFITS OUT OF MEN'S LIVES AND OF PRODUCING CHEAP GOODS FOR THE USE AND SUBJECTION OF THE SLAVES WHO GRIND
ng-room, and a privy to be established in each corner of his dining-room, if he habitually made a dust and refuse heap of his once beautiful garden, never washed his sheets or changed his tablecloth, and made his family sleep five in a bed, he would surely find himself in the claws of a commission _de lunatico_. But such acts of miserly folly are just what our present society is doing daily under the compulsion of a supposed necessity, which is nothing short of madness. I beg you to bring your commission of lunacy against civilization without more delay. For all our crowded towns and bewildering factories are simply the outcome of the profit system. Capitalistic manufacture, capitalistic land-owning, and capitalistic exchange force men into big cities in order to manipulate them in the interests of capital; the same tyranny contracts the due space of the factory so much that (for instance) the interior of a great weaving-shed is almost as ridiculous a spectacle as it is a horrible one. LL OVER HIS DRAWING ROOM AND A PRIVY TO BE ESTABLISHED IN EACH CORNER OF HIS DINING ROOM IF HE HABITUALLY MADE A DUST AND REFUSE HEAP OF HIS ONCE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN NEVER WASHED HIS SHEETS OR CHANGED HIS TABLE CLOTH AND MADE HIS FAMILY SLEEP FIVE IN A BED HE WOULD SURELY FIND HIMSELF IN THE CLAWS OF A COMMISSION DE LUNATICO BUT SUCH ACTS OF MISERLY FOLLY ARE JUST WHAT OUR PRESENT SOCIETY IS DOING DAILY UNDER THE COMPULSION OF A SUPPOSED NECESSITY WHICH IS NOTHING SHORT OF MADNESS I BEG YOU TO BRING YOUR COMMISSION OF LUNACY AGAINST CIVILIZATION WITHOUT MORE DELAY FOR ALL OUR CROWDED TOWNS AND BEWILDERING FACTORIES ARE SIMPLY THE OUTCOME OF THE PROFIT SYSTEM CAPITALISTIC MANUFACTURE CAPITALISTIC LAND OWNING AND CAPITALISTIC EXCHANGE FORCE MEN INTO BIG CITIES IN ORDER TO MANIPULATE THEM IN THE INTERESTS OF CAPITAL THE SAME TYRANNY CONTRACTS THE DUE SPACE OF THE FACTORY SO MUCH THAT FOR INSTANCE THE INTERIOR OF A GREAT WEAVING SHED IS ALMOST AS RIDICULOUS A SPECTACLE AS IT IS A HORRIBLE ONE
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