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Well, surely Socialism can offer you something in the place of all that. It can; it can offer you peace and friendship instead of war. WELL SURELY SOCIALISM CAN OFFER YOU SOMETHING IN THE PLACE OF ALL THAT IT CAN IT CAN OFFER YOU PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP INSTEAD OF WAR
 always must include national rivalry, is pushing us into a desperate scramble for the markets on more or less equal terms with other nations, because, once more, we have lost that command of them which we once had. Desperate is not too strong a word. We shall let this impulse to snatch markets carry us whither it will, whither it must. To-day it is successful burglary and disgrace, to-morrow it may be mere defeat and disgrace. Now this is not a digression, although in saying this I am nearer to what is generally called politics than I shall be again. I only want to show you what commercial war comes to when it has to do with foreign nations, and that even the dullest can see how mere waste must go with it. That is how we live now with foreign nations, prepared to ruin them without war if possible, with it if necessary, let alone meantime the disgraceful exploiting of savage tribes and barbarous peoples, on whom we force at once our shoddy wares and our hypocrisy at the cannon’s mouth. ESENT SYSTEM WHICH ALWAYS MUST INCLUDE NATIONAL RIVALRY IS PUSHING US INTO A DESPERATE SCRAMBLE FOR THE MARKETS ON MORE OR LESS EQUAL TERMS WITH OTHER NATIONS BECAUSE ONCE MORE WE HAVE LOST THAT COMMAND OF THEM WHICH WE ONCE HAD DESPERATE IS NOT TOO STRONG A WORD WE SHALL LET THIS IMPULSE TO SNATCH MARKETS CARRY US WHITHER IT WILL WHITHER IT MUST TO DAY IT IS SUCCESSFUL BURGLARY AND DISGRACE TO MORROW IT MAY BE MERE DEFEAT AND DISGRACE NOW THIS IS NOT A DIGRESSION ALTHOUGH IN SAYING THIS I AM NEARER TO WHAT IS GENERALLY CALLED POLITICS THAN I SHALL BE AGAIN I ONLY WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT COMMERCIAL WAR COMES TO WHEN IT HAS TO DO WITH FOREIGN NATIONS AND THAT EVEN THE DULLEST CAN SEE HOW MERE WASTE MUST GO WITH IT THAT IS HOW WE LIVE NOW WITH FOREIGN NATIONS PREPARED TO RUIN THEM WITHOUT WERE IF POSSIBLE WITH IT IF NECESSARY LET ALONE MEANTIME THE DISGRACEFUL EXPLOITING OF SAVAGE TRIBES AND BARBAROUS PEOPLES ON WHOM WE FORCE AT ONCE OUR SHODDY WARES AND OUR HYPOCRISY AT THE CANNON'S MOUTH
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