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No one therefore would dispute with a man the possession of what he had acquired without injury to others, and what he could use without injuring them, and it would so remove temptations toward the abuse of possession, that probably no laws would be necessary to prevent it. NO ONE THEREFORE WOULD DISPUTE WITH A MAN THE POSSESSION OF WHAT HE HAD ACQUIRED WITHOUT INJURY TO OTHERS AND WHAT HE COULD USE WITHOUT INJURING THEM AND IT WOULD SO REMOVE TEMPTATIONS TOWARD THE ABUSE OF POSSESSION THAT PROBABLY NO LAWS WOULD BE NECESSARY TO PREVENT IT
o forego _his_ special desires; and this latter proceeding by the way, when it is done without the sanction of the most powerful part of society, is called _theft_; though on the big scale and duly sanctioned by artificial laws, it is, as we have seen, the groundwork of our present system. Once more, that system refuses permission to people to produce unless under artificial restrictions; under Socialism, every one who could produce would be free to produce, so that the price of an article would be just the cost of its production, and what we now call profit would no longer exist: thus, for instance, if a person wanted chairs, he would accumulate them till he had as many as he could use, and then he would stop, since he would not have been able to buy them for less than their cost of production and could not sell them for more: in other words, they would be nothing else than chairs; under the present system they may be means of compulsion and destruction as formidable as loaded rifles. IS FORCING SOME ONE ELSE TO FOREGO HIS SPECIAL DESIRES AND THIS LATTER PROCEEDING BY THE WAY WHEN IT IS DONE WITHOUT THE SANCTION OF THE MOST POWERFUL PART OF SOCIETY IS CALLED THEFT THOUGH ON THE BIG SCALE AND DULY SANCTIONED BY ARTIFICIAL LAWS IT IS AS WE HAVE SEEN THE GROUNDWORK OF OUR PRESENT SYSTEM ONCE MORE THAT SYSTEM REFUSES PERMISSION TO PEOPLE TO PRODUCE UNLESS UNDER ARTIFICIAL RESTRICTIONS UNDER SOCIALISM EVERY ONE WHO COULD PRODUCE WOULD BE FREE TO PRODUCE SO THAT THE PRICE OF AN ARTICLE WOULD BE JUST THE COST OF ITS PRODUCTION AND WHAT WE NOW CALL PROFIT WOULD NO LONGER EXIST THUS FOR INSTANCE IF A PERSON WANTED CHAIRS HE WOULD ACCUMULATE THEM TILL HE HAD AS MANY AS HE COULD USE AND THEN HE WOULD STOP SINCE HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUY THEM FOR LESS THAN THEIR COST OF PRODUCTION AND COULD NOT SELL THEM FOR MORE IN OTHER WORDS THERE WOULD BE NOTHING ELSE THAN CHAIRS UNDER THE PRESENT SYSTEM THEY MAY BE MEANS OF COMPULSION AND DESTRUCTION AS FORMIDABLE AS LOADED RIFLES
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