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Observe, in the early days of the history of man he was the slave of his most immediate necessities; Nature was mighty and he was feeble, and he had to wage constant war with her for his daily food and such shelter as he could get. OBSERVE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE HISTORY OF MAN HE WAS THE SLAVE OF HIS MOST IMMEDIATE NECESSITIES NATURE WAS MIGHTY AND HE WAS FEEBLE AND HE HAD TO WAIT CONSTANT WAR WITH HER FOR HIS DAILY FOOD AND SUCH SHELTER AS HE COULD GET
nd weariness for the worker one month, and the next no work and terror of starvation, but steady work and plenty of leisure every month; not cheap market wares, that is to say, adulterated wares, with scarcely any _good_ in them, mere scaffold-poles for building up profits; no labour would be spent on such things as these, which people would cease to want when they ceased to be slaves. Not these, but such goods as best fulfilled the real uses of the consumers, would labour be set to make; for profit being abolished, people could have what they wanted, instead of what the profit-grinders at home and abroad forced them to take. For what I want you to understand is this: that in every civilized country at least there is plenty for all—is, or at any rate might be. Even with labour so misdirected as it is at present, an equitable distribution of the wealth we have would make all people comparatively comfortable; but that is nothing to the wealth we might have if labour were not misdirected.  NO WASTE NOT OVER WORK AND WEARINESS FOR THE WORK OF ONE MONTH AND THE NEXT NO WORK AND TERROR OF STARVATION BUT STEADY WORK AND PLENTY OF LEISURE EVERY MONTH NOT CHEAP MARKET WARES THAT IS TO SAY ADULTERATED WARES WITH SCARCELY ANY GOOD IN THEM MERE SCAFFOLD PULLS FOR BUILDING UP PROFITS NO LABOUR WOULD BE SPENT ON SUCH THINGS AS THESE WHICH PEOPLE WOULD CEASE TO WANT WHEN THEY CEASED TO BE SLAVES NOT THESE BUT SUCH GOODS AS BEST FULFILL THE REAL USES OF THE CONSUMERS WOULD LABOUR BE SET TO MAKE FOR PROFIT BEING ABOLISHED PEOPLE COULD HAVE WHAT THEY WANTED INSTEAD OF WHAT THE PROFIT GRINDERS AT HOME AND ABROAD FORCED THEM TO TAKE FOR WHAT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS THIS THAT IN EVERY CIVILIZED COUNTRY AT LEAST THERE IS PLENTY FOR ALL IS OR AT ANY RATE MIGHT BE EVEN WITH LABOUR SO MISDIRECTED AS IT IS AT PRESENT AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THE WEALTH WE HAVE WOULD MAKE ALL PEOPLE COMPARATIVELY COMFORTABLE BUT THAT IS NOTHING TO THE WEALTH WE MIGHT HAVE IF LABOUR WERE NOT MISDIRECTED
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