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It isn't possible now; we are not at liberty to do so; we are slaves to the monsters which we have created. And I have a kind of hope that the very elaboration of machinery in a society whose purpose is not the multiplication of labour, as it now is, but the carrying on of a pleasant life, as it would be under social order—that the elaboration of machinery, I say, will lead the simplification of life, and so once more to the limitation of machinery. IT ISN'T POSSIBLE NOW WE ARE NOT AT LIBERTY TO DO SO WE ARE SLAVES TO THE MONSTERS WE HAVE CREATED AND I HAVE A KIND OF HOPE THAT THE VERY ELABORATION OF MACHINERY IN A SOCIETY WHOSE PURPOSE IS NOT THE MULTIPLICATION OF LABOR AS IT NOW IS BUT THE CARRYING ON OF A PLEASANT LIFE AS IT WOULD BE UNDER SOCIAL ORDER THAT THE ELABORATION OF MACHINERY I SAY WILL LEAD TO THE SIMPLIFICATION OF LIFE AND SO ONCE MORE TO THE LIMITATION OF MACHINERY
he beauty of life nowadays. In other words, it is the token of the terrible crime we have fallen into of using our control of the powers of Nature for the purpose of enslaving people, we careless meantime of how much happiness we rob their lives of. Yet for the consolation of the artists I will say that I believe indeed that a state of social order would probably lead at first to a great development of machinery for really useful purposes, because people will still be anxious about getting through the work necessary to holding society together; but that after a while they will find that there is not so much work to do as they expected, and that then they will have leisure to reconsider the whole subject; and if it seems to them that a certain industry would be carried on more pleasantly as regards the worker, and more effectually as regards the goods, by using hand-work rather than machinery, they will certainly get rid of their machinery, because it will be possible for them to do so. SERVANTS THAT SO INJURES THE BEAUTY OF LIFE NOWADAYS IN OTHER WORDS IT IS THE TOKEN OF THE TERRIBLE CRIME WE HAVE FALLEN INTO OF USING OUR CONTROL OF NATURE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENSLAVING PEOPLE WE CARELESS MEANTIME OF HOW MUCH HAPPINESS WE ROB THEIR LIVES OF YET FOR THE CONSOLATION OF THE ARTISTS I WILL SAY THAT I BELIEVE IN NEED THAT A STATE OF SOCIAL ORDER WOULD PROBABLY LEAD AT FIRST TO A GREAT DEVELOPMENT OF MACHINERY FOR REALLY USEFUL PURPOSES BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL STILL BE ANXIOUS ABOUT GETTING THROUGH THE WORK NECESSARY TO HOLDING SOCIETY TOGETHER BUT THAT AFTER A WHILE THEY WILL FIND THAT THERE IS NOT SO MUCH WORK TO DO AS THEY EXPECTED AND THAT THEN THEY WILL HAVE LEISURE TO RECONSIDER THE WHOLE SUBJECT AND IF IT SEEMS TO THEM THAT A CERTAIN INDUSTRY WOULD BE CARRIED ON MORE PLEASANTLY AS REGARDS THE WORKER AND MORE EFFECTUALLY AS REGARDS THE GOODS BY USING HAND WORK RATHER THAN MACHINERY THEY WILL CERTAINLY GET RID OF THEIR MACHINERY BECAUSE IT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO DO SO
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