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What they really do is to reduce the skilled labourer to the ranks of the unskilled, to increase the number of the "reserve army of labour"—that is, to increase the precariousness of life among the workers and to intensify the labour of those who serve the machines (as slaves their masters). All this they do by the way, while they pile up the profits of the employers of labour, or force them to expend those profits in bitter commercial war with each other. WHAT THEY REALLY DO IS TO REDUCE THE SKILLED LABORER TO THE RANKS OF THE UNSKILLED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF THE RESERVE ARMY OF LABOR THAT IS TO INCREASE THE PRECARIOUSNESS OF LIFE AMONG THE WORKERS AND TO INTENSIFY THE LABOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVE THE MACHINES AS SLAVES THEIR MASTERS ALL THIS THEY DO BY THE WAY WHILE THEY PILE UP THE PROFITS OF THE EMPLOYERS OF LABOR OR FORCE THEM TO EXPEND THOSE PROFITS IN BITTER COMMERCIAL WAR WITH EACH OTHER
, we will accept the passing phase of utilitarianism as a foundation for the art which is to be. If the cripple and the starveling disappear from our streets, if the earth nourish us all alike, if the sun shine for all of us alike, if to one and all of us the glorious drama of the earth—day and night, summer and winter—can be presented as a thing to understand and love, we can afford to wait awhile till we are purified from the shame of the past corruption, and till art arises again amongst people freed from the terror of the slave and the shame of the robber. Meantime, in any case, the refinement, thoughtfulness, and deliberation of labour must indeed be paid for, but not by compulsion to labour long hours. Our epoch has invented machines which would have appeared wild dreams to the men of past ages, and of those machines we have as yet _made no use_. They are called “labour-saving” machines—a commonly used phrase which implies what we expect of them; but we do not get what we expect. M ITS ASHES IF THAT MUST BE WE WILL ACCEPT THE PASSING PHASE OF UTILITARIANISM AS A FOUNDATION FOR THE ART WHICH IS TO BE IF THE CRIPPLE AND THE STARVELING DISAPPEAR FROM OUR STREETS IF THE EARTH NOURISH US ALL ALIKE IF THE SUN SHINE FOR ALL OF US ALIKE IF TO ONE AND ALL OF US THE GLORIOUS DRAMA OF THE EARTH DAY AND NIGHT SUMMER AND WINTER CAN BE PRESENTED AS A THING TO UNDERSTAND AND LOVE WE CAN AFFORD TO WAIT AWHILE TILL WE ARE PURIFIED FROM THE SHAME OF THE PAST CORRUPTION UNTIL ART ARISES AGAIN AMONGST PEOPLE FREED FROM THE TERROR OF THE SLAVE AND THE SHAME OF THE ROBBER MEANTIME IN ANY CASE THE REFINEMENT THOUGHTFULNESS AND DELIBERATION OF LABOUR MUST INDEED BE PAID FOR BUT NOT BY COMPULSION TO LABOR LONG HOURS OUR REPOCH HAS INVENTED MACHINES WHICH WOULD HAVE APPEARED WILD DREAMS TO THE MEN OF PAST AGES AND OF THOSE MACHINES WE HAVE AS YET MADE NO USE THEY ARE CALLED LABOR SAVING MACHINES A COMMONLY USED PHRASE WHICH IMPLIES WHAT WE EXPECT OF THEM BUT WE DO NOT GET WHAT WE EXPECT
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