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Their schemes may be summed up in attempts, more or less preposterously futile, to graft a class of independent peasants on our system of wages and capital. THEIR SCHEMES MAY BE SUMMED UP IN ATTEMPTS MORE OR LESS PREPOSTEROUSLY FUTILE TO GRAFT A CLASS OF INDEPENDENT PEASANTS ON OUR SYSTEM OF WAGES AND CAPITAL
ift to (precarious) incomes of eighteen shillings a week, and industry to men killing themselves by inches in working overtime, or to men whom the labour-market has rejected as not wanted: others beg the proletarians not to breed so fast; an injunction the compliance with which might be at first of advantage to the proletarians themselves in their present condition, but would certainly undo the capitalists, if it were carried to any lengths, and would lead through ruin and misery to the violent outbreak of the very revolution which these timid people are so anxious to forego. Then there are others who, looking back on the past, and perceiving that the workmen of the Middle Ages lived in more comfort and self-respect than ours do, even though they were subjected to the class rule of men who were looked on as another order of beings than they, think that if those conditions of life could be reproduced under our better political conditions the question would be solved for a time at least. RS PREACH THRIFT TO PRECARIOUS INCOMES OF EIGHTEEN SHILLINGS A WEEK AND TO INDUSTRY TO MEN KILLING THEMSELVES BY INCHES IN WORKING OVERTIME OR TO MEN WHOM THE LABOUR MARKET IS REJECTED AS NOT WANTED OTHERS BEG THE PROLETARIANS NOT TO BREED SO FAST AN INJUNCTION THE COMPLIANCE WITH WHICH MIGHT AT FIRST BE OF ADVANTAGE TO THE PROLETARIANS THEMSELVES IN THEIR PRESENT CONDITION BUT WOULD CERTAINLY UNDO THE CAPITALISTS IF IT WERE CARRIED TO ANY LENGTHS AND WOULD LEAD THROUGH RUIN AND MISERY TO THE VIOLENT OUTBREAK OF THE VERY REVOLUTION WHICH THESE TIMID PEOPLE ARE SO ANXIOUS TO FOREGO THEN THERE ARE OTHERS WHO LOOKING BACK ON THE PAST AND PERCEIVING THAT THE WORKMEN OF THE MIDDLE AGES LIVED IN MORE COMFORT AND SELF RESPECT THAN OURS DO EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE SUBJECTED TO THE CLASS RULE OF MEN WHO WERE LOOKED ON AS ANOTHER ORDER OF BEINGS THAN THEY THINK THAT IF THOSE CONDITIONS OF LIFE COULD BE REPRODUCED UNDER OUR BETTER POLITICAL CONDITIONS THE QUESTION WOULD BE SOLVED FOR A TIME AT LEAST
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