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into the hands of the community, to be used for the good of all alike, so that we might all work at "supplying" the real "demands" of each and all—that is to say, work for livelihood, instead of working to supply the demand of the profit market—instead of working for profit—i.e., the power of compelling other men to work against their will. INTO THE HANDS OF THE COMMUNITY TO BE USED FOR THE GOOD OF ALL ALIKE SO THAT WE MIGHT ALL WORK AT SUPPLYING THE REAL DEMANDS OF EACH AND ALL THAT IS TO SAY WORK FOR LIVELIHOOD INSTEAD OF WORKING TO SUPPLY THE DEMAND OF THE PROFIT MARKET INSTEAD OF WORKING FOR PROFIT I EITHER POWER OF COMPELLING OTHER MEN TO WORK AGAINST THEIR WILL
s produced over and above the livelihood of his workmen, and the wear and tear of his machinery. Whether that “wealth” is real or sham matters nothing to him. If it sells and yields him a “profit” it is all right. I have said that, owing to there being rich people who have more money than they can spend reasonably, and who therefore buy sham wealth, there is waste on that side; and also that, owing to there being poor people who cannot afford to buy things which are worth making, there is waste on that side. So that the “demand” which the capitalist “supplies” is a false demand. The market in which he sells is “rigged” by the miserable inequalities produced by the robbery of the system of Capital and Wages. It is this system, therefore, which we must be resolute in getting rid of, if we are to attain to happy and useful work for all. The first step towards making labour attractive is to get the means of making labour fruitful, the Capital, including the land, machinery, factories, &c.,  SECTION NINE AS SIGNS OF CHANGE BY WILLIAM MORRIS THIS LIPPERY VOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY DEBORAH BRAEBEN USEFUL WORK VERSES USELESS TOIL PART TWO IT IS THIS SYSTEM THEREFORE WHICH WE MUST BE RESOLUTE IN GETTING RID OF IF WE ARE TO ATTAIN TO HAPPY AND USEFUL WORK FOR ALL THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS MAKING LABOR ATTRACTIVE IS TO GET THE MEANS OF MAKING LABOUR FRUITFUL THE CAPITAL INCLUDING THE LAND MACHINERY FACTORIES ET CETERA
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