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But what we don't know, or don't choose to know, is, that this reserve army of labour is an absolute necessity for commercial war; if _our_ manufacturers had not got these poor devils whom they could draft on to their machines when the demand swelled, other manufacturers in France, or Germany, or America, would step in and take the market from them. BUT WHAT WE DON'T KNOW OR DON'T CHOOSE TO KNOW IS THAT THIS RESERVE ARMY OF LABOUR IS AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY FOR COMMERCIAL WAR IF OUR MANUFACTURERS HAD NOT GOT THESE POOR DEVILS WHOM THEY COULD DRAUGHT ON TO THEIR MACHINES WHEN THE DEMAND SWELLED OTHER MANUFACTURERS IN FRANCE OR GERMANY OR AMERICA WOULD STEP IN AND TAKE THE MARKET FROM THEM
 gambling that has ruined him. Let those be types of the consumer: but now for the producer; I mean the real producer, the worker; how does this scramble for the plunder of the market affect him? The manufacturer, in the eagerness of his war, has had to collect into one neighbourhood a vast army of workers, he has drilled them till they are as fit as may be for his special branch of production, that is, for making a profit out of it, and with the result of their being fit for nothing else: well, when the glut comes in that market he is supplying, what happens to this army, every private in which has been depending on the steady demand in that market, and acting, as he could not choose but act, as if it were to go on for ever? You know well what happens to these men: the factory door is shut on them; on a very large part of them often, and at the best on the reserve army of labour, so busily employed in the time of inflation. What becomes of them? Nay, we know that well enough just now. TILL SOCIAL ORDER DISPLACES THE HIDEOUS TYRANNY OF GAMBLING THAT HAS RUINED HIM LET THOSE BE TYPES OF THE CONSUMER BUT NOW FOR THE PRODUCER I MEAN THE REAL PRODUCER THE WORKER HOW DOES THIS SCRAMBLE FOR THE PLUNDER OF THE MARKET AFFECT HIM THE MANUFACTURER IN THE EAGERNESS OF HIS WAR HAS HAD TO COLLECT INTO ONE NEIGHBOURHOOD A VAST ARMY OF WORKERS HE HAS DRILLED THEM TILL THEY ARE AS FIT AS MAY BE FOR HIS SPECIAL BRANCH OF PRODUCTION THAT IS FOR MAKING A PROFIT OUT OF IT AND WITH THE RESULT OF THEIR BEING FIT FOR NOTHING ELSE WELL WHEN THE GLUT COMES IN THAT MARKET HE IS SUPPLYING WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS ARMY EVERY PRIVATE IN WHICH HAS BEEN DEPENDING ON THE STEADY DEMAND IN THAT MARKET AND ACTING AS HE COULD NOT CHOOSE BUT ACT AS IF IT WERE TO GO ON FOREVER YOU KNOW WELL WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE MEN THE FACTORY DOOR IS SHUT ON THEM ON A VERY LARGE PART OF THEM OFTEN AND AT THE BEST ON THE RESERVE ARMY OF LABOUR SO BUSILY EMPLOYED IN THE TIME OF INFLATION NAY WE KNOW THAT WELL ENOUGH JUST NOW
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