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Many among the middle class who are sincerely grieved and shocked at the condition of the proletariat which civilization has created, and even alarmed by the frightful inequalities which it fosters, do nevertheless shudder back from the idea of the class struggle, and strive to shut their eyes to the fact that it is going on. MANY AMONG THE MIDDLE CLASS WHO ARE SINCERELY GRIEVED AND SHOCKED AT THE CONDITION OF THE PROLETARIAT WHICH CIVILIZATION HAS CREATED AND EVEN ALARMED BY THE FRIGHTFUL INEQUALITIES WHICH IT FOSTERS DO NOTHELESS SHUDDER BACK FROM THE IDEA OF THE CLASS STRUGGLE AND STRIVE TO SHUT THEIR EYES TO THE FACT THAT IT IS GOING ON
communal life: in the teeth also of the experience of past ages, he has been compelled to allow a modicum of education to the propertyless, and has not even been able to deprive them wholly of political rights; his own advance in wealth and power has bred for him the very enemy who is doomed to make an end of him. But will there be any new class to take the place of the present proletariat when that has triumphed, as it must do, over the present privileged class? We cannot foresee the future, but we may fairly hope not: at least we cannot see any signs of such a new class forming. It is impossible to see how destruction of privilege can stop short of absolute equality of condition; pure Communism is the logical deduction from the imperfect form of the new society, which is generally differentiated from it as Socialism. Meantime, it is this simplicity and directness of the growing contest which above all things presents itself as a terror to the conservative instinct of the present day. FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNAL LIFE IN THE TEETH ALSO OF THE EXPERIENCE OF PAST AGES HE HAS BEEN COMPELLED TO ALLOW A MODICUM OF EDUCATION TO THE PROPERTY LIST AND HAS NOT EVEN BEEN ABLE TO DEPRIVE THEM WHOLLY OF POLITICAL RIGHTS HIS OWN ADVANCE IN WEALTH AND POWER HAS BRED FOR HIM THE VERY ENEMY WHO IS DOOMED TO MAKE AN END OF HIM BUT WILL THERE BE ANY NEW CLASS TO TAKE THE PLACE OF THE PRESENT PROLETARIAT WHEN THAT HAS TRIUMPHED AS IT MUST DO OVER THE PRESENT PRIVILEGED CLASS WE CANNOT FORESEE THE FUTURE BUT WE MAY FAIRLY HOPE NOT AT LEAST WE CANNOT SEE ANY SIGNS OF SUCH A NEW CLASS FORMING IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE HOW DESTRUCTION OF PRIVILEGE CAN STOP SHORT OF ABSOLUTE EQUALITY OF CONDITION PURE COMMUNISM IS THE LOGICAL DEDUCTION FROM THE IMPERFECT FORM OF THE NEW SOCIETY WHICH IS GENERALLY DIFFERENTIATED FROM IT AS SOCIALISM MEANTIME IT IS THIS SIMPLICITY AND DIRECTNESS OF THE GROWING CONTEST WHICH ABOVE ALL THINGS PRESENTS ITSELF AS A TERROR TO THE CONSERVATIVE INSTINCT OF THE PRESENT DAY
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