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Yet it is not difficult to conceive of some arrangement whereby those who did the roughest work should work for the shortest spells. YET IT IS NOT DIFFICULT TO CONCEIVE OF SOME ARRANGEMENT WHEREBY THOSE WHO DID THE ROUGHEST WORK SHOULD WORK FOR THE SHORTEST SPELLS
eople freed from the daily terror of starvation find out what they really wanted, being no longer compelled by anything but their own needs, they would refuse to produce the mere inanities which are now called luxuries, or the poison and trash now called cheap wares. No one would make plush breeches when there were no flunkies to wear them, nor would anybody waste his time over making oleomargarine when no one was _compelled_ to abstain from real butter. Adulteration laws are only needed in a society of thieves—and in such a society they are a dead letter. Socialists are often asked how work of the rougher and more repulsive kind could be carried out in the new condition of things. To attempt to answer such questions fully or authoritatively would be attempting the impossibility of constructing a scheme of a new society out of the materials of the old, before we knew which of those materials would disappear and which endure through the evolution which is leading us to the great change. K AGAIN AS PEOPLE FREED FROM THE DAILY TERROR OF STARVATION FIND OUT WHAT THEY REALLY WANTED BEING NO LONGER COMPELLED BY ANYTHING BUT THEIR OWN NEEDS THEY WOULD REFUSE TO PRODUCE THE MERE INANITIES WHICH ARE NOW CALLED LUXURIES OR THE POISON AND TRASH NOW CALLED CHEAP WARES NO ONE WOULD MAKE PLUSH BREECHES WHEN THERE WERE NO FLUNKEYS TO WEAR THEM NOR WOULD ANYBODY WASTE HIS TIME OVER MAKING OLEOMARGARINE WHEN NO ONE WAS COMPELLED TO ABSTAIN FROM REAL BUTTER ADULTERATION LAWS ARE ONLY NEEDED IN A SOCIETY OF THIEVES AND IN SUCH A SOCIETY THEY ARE A DEAD LETTER SOCIALISTS ARE OFTEN ASKED HOW WORK OF THE ROUGHER AND MORE REPULSIVE KIND COULD BE CARRIED OUT IN THE NEW CONDITION OF THINGS TO ATTEMPT TO ANSWER SUCH QUESTIONS FULLY OR AUTHORITATIVELY WOULD BE ATTEMPTING THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING A SCHEME OF A NEW SOCIETY OUT OF THE MATERIALS OF THE OLD BEFORE WE KNEW WHICH OF THOSE MATERIALS WOULD DISAPPEAR AND WHICH ENDURE THROUGH THE EVOLUTION WHICH IS LEADING US TO THE GREAT CHANGE
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