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e., the power of compelling other men to work against their will. When this first step has been taken and men begin to understand that Nature wills all men either to work or starve, and when they are no longer such fools as to allow some the alternative of stealing, when this happy day is come, we shall then be relieved from the tax of waste, and consequently shall find that we have, as aforesaid, a mass of labour power available, which will enable us to live as we please within reasonable limits. EITHER POWER OF COMPELLING OTHER MEN TO WORK AGAINST THEIR WILL WHEN THIS FIRST STEP HAS BEEN TAKEN AND MEN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THAT NATURE WILLS ALL MEN EITHER TO WORK OR STARVE AND WHEN THEY ARE NO LONGER SUCH FOOLS AS TO ALLOW SOME THE ALTERNATIVE OF STEALING WHEN THIS HAPPY DAY IS COME WE SHALL THEN BE RELIEVED FROM THE TAX OF WASTE AND CONSEQUENTLY SHALL FIND THAT WE HAVE AS AFORESAID A MASS OF LABOUR POWER AVAILABLE WHICH WILL ENABLE US TO LIVE AS WE PLEASE WITHIN REASONABLE LIMITS
 money than they can spend reasonably, and who therefore buy sham wealth, there is waste on that side; and also that, owing to there being poor people who cannot afford to buy things which are worth making, there is waste on that side. So that the “demand” which the capitalist “supplies” is a false demand. The market in which he sells is “rigged” by the miserable inequalities produced by the robbery of the system of Capital and Wages. It is this system, therefore, which we must be resolute in getting rid of, if we are to attain to happy and useful work for all. The first step towards making labour attractive is to get the means of making labour fruitful, the Capital, including the land, machinery, factories, &c., into the hands of the community, to be used for the good of all alike, so that we might all work at “supplying” the real “demands” of each and all—that is to say, work for livelihood, instead of working to supply the demand of the profit market—instead of working for profit—i.  SECTION NINE AS SIGNS OF CHANGE BY WILLIAM MORRIS THIS LIPPERY VOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY DEBORAH BRAEBEN USEFUL WORK VERSES USELESS TOIL PART TWO IT IS THIS SYSTEM THEREFORE WHICH WE MUST BE RESOLUTE IN GETTING RID OF IF WE ARE TO ATTAIN TO HAPPY AND USEFUL WORK FOR ALL THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS MAKING LABOR ATTRACTIVE IS TO GET THE MEANS OF MAKING LABOUR FRUITFUL THE CAPITAL INCLUDING THE LAND MACHINERY FACTORIES ET CETERA INTO THE HANDS OF THE COMMUNITY TO BE USED FOR THE GOOD OF ALL ALIKE SO THAT WE MIGHT ALL WORK AT SUPPLYING THE REAL DEMANDS OF EACH AND ALL THAT IS TO SAY WORK FOR LIVELIHOOD INSTEAD OF WORKING TO SUPPLY THE DEMAND OF THE PROFIT MARKET INSTEAD OF WORKING FOR PROFIT I
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