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How, then, are the people's eyes to be opened? HOW THEN ARE THE PEOPLE'S EYES TO BE OPENED
e beginnings of revolution. This, therefore, is what Parliament looks to me: a solid central party, with mere nebulous opposition on the right hand and on the left. The people governed; that is to say, fair play amongst themselves for the money-privileged classes to make the most of their privilege, and to fight sturdily with each other in doing so; but the government concealed as much as possible, and also as long as possible; that is to say, the government resting on an assumed necessary eternity of privilege to monopolize the means of the fructification of labour. For so long as that assumption is accepted by the ignorance of the people, the Great Whig Rump will remain inexpugnable, but as soon as the people’s eyes are opened, even partially—and they begin to understand the meaning of the words, the Emancipation of Labour—we shall begin to have an assured hope of throwing off the basest and most sordid tyranny which the world has yet seen, the tyranny of so-called Constitutionalism.  RESISTANCE TO EVEN THE BEGINNINGS OF REVOLUTION THIS THEREFORE IS WHAT PARLIAMENT LOOKS TO ME A SOLID CENTRAL PARTY WITH MERE NEBULOUS OPPOSITION ON THE RIGHT HAND AND ON THE LEFT THE PEOPLE GOVERNED THAT IS TO SAY FAIR PLAY AMONGST THEMSELVES FOR THE MONEY PRIVILEGED CLASSES TO MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR PRIVILEGE AND TO FIGHT STURDILY WITH EACH OTHER IN DOING SO BUT THE GOVERNMENT CONCEALED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND ALSO AS LONG AS POSSIBLE THAT IS TO SAY THE GOVERNMENT RESTING ON AN ASSUMED NECESSARY ETERNITY OF PRIVILEGE TO MONOPOLIZE THE MEANS OF THE FRUCTIFICATION OF LABOR FOR SO LONG AS THAT ASSUMPTION IS ACCEPTED BY THE IGNORANCE OF THE PEOPLE THE GREAT WHIG RUMP WILL REMAIN INEXPUGNABLE BUT AS SOON AS THE PEOPLE'S EYES ARE OPENED EVEN PARTIALLY AND THEY BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE WORDS THE EMANCIPATION OF LABOR WE SHALL BEGIN TO HAVE AN ASSURED HOPE OF THROWING OFF THE BASEST AND MOST SORDID TYRANNY WHICH THE WORLD HAS YET SEEN THE TYRANNY OF SO CALLED CONSTITUTIONALISM
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