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They propose to themselves the impossible problem of raising the inferior or exploited classes into a position in which they will cease to struggle against the superior classes, while the latter will not cease to exploit them. THEY PROPOSE TO THEMSELVES THE IMPOSSIBLE PROBLEM OF RAISING THE INFERIOR OR EXPLOITED CLASSES INTO A POSITION IN WHICH THEY WILL CEASE TO STRUGGLE AGAINST THE SUPERIOR CLASSES WHILE THE LATTER WILL NOT CEASE TO EXPLOIT THEM
e 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. 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. They try to think that peace is not only possible, but natural, between the two classes, the very essence of whose existence is that each can only thrive by what it manages to force the other to yield to it. PE 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 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 THEY TRY TO THINK THAT PIECE IS NOT ONLY POSSIBLE BUT NATURAL BETWEEN THE TWO CLASSES THE VERY ESSENCE OF WHOSE EXISTENCE IS THAT EACH CAN ONLY THRIVE BY WHAT IT MANAGES TO FORCE THE OTHER TO YIELD TO IT
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