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Others again believe in the possibility of starting from our present workhouse system, for the raising of the lowest part of the working population into a better condition, but do not trouble themselves as to the position of the workers who are fairly above the condition of pauperism, or consider what part they will play in the contest for a better livelihood. OTHERS AGAIN BELIEVE IN THE POSSIBILITY OF STARTING FROM OUR PRESENT WORKHOUSE SYSTEM FOR THE RAISING OF THE LOWEST PART OF THE WORKING POPULATION INTO A BETTER CONDITION BUT DO NOT TROUBLE THEMSELVES AS TO THE POSITION OF THE WORKERS WHO ARE FAIRLY ABOVE THE CONDITION OF PAUPERISM OR CONSIDER WHAT PART THEY WILL PLAY IN THE CONTEST FOR A BETTER LIVELIHOOD
ved 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. 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. They do not understand that this system of independent workmen, producing almost entirely for the consumption of themselves and their neighbours, and exploited by the upper classes by obvious taxes on their labour, which was not otherwise organized or interfered with by the exploiters, was what in past times took the place of our system, in which the workers sell their labour in the competitive market to masters who have in their hands the whole organization of the markets, and that these two systems are mutually destructive. DLE 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 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 THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THIS SYSTEM OF INDEPENDENT WORKMEN PRODUCING ALMOST ENTIRELY FOR THE CONSUMPTION OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR NEIGHBOURS AND EXPLOITED BY THE UPPER CLASSES BY OBVIOUS TAXES ON THEIR LABOUR WHICH WAS NOT OTHERWISE ORGANIZED OR INTERFERED WITH BY THE EXPLOITERS WAS WHAT IN THE PASTIMES TOOK THE PLACE OF OUR SYSTEM IN WHICH THE WORKERS SELL THEIR LABOUR IN THE COMPETITIVE MARKET TO MASTERS WHO HAVE IN THEIR HANDS THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKETS AND THAT THESE TWO SYSTEMS ARE MUTUALLY DESTRUCTIVE
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