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Like all other systems of society, it is founded on the necessity of man conquering his subsistence from Nature by labour, and also, like most other systems that we know of, it presupposes the unequal distribution of labour among different classes of society, and the unequal distribution of the results of that labour: it does not differ in that respect from the system which it supplanted; it has only altered the method whereby that unequal distribution should be arranged. LIKE ALL OTHER SYSTEMS OF SOCIETY IT IS FOUNDED ON THE NECESSITY OF MAN CONQUERING HIS SUBSISTENCE FROM NATURE BY LABOR AND ALSO LIKE MOST OTHER SYSTEMS THAT WE KNOW OF IT PRESUPPOSES THE UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF LABOR AMONG DIFFERENT CLASSES OF SOCIETY AND THE UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESULTS OF THAT LABOR IT DOES NOT DIFFER IN THAT RESPECT FROM THE SYSTEM WHICH IT SUPPLANTED IT HAS ONLY ALTERED THE METHOD WHEREBY THAT UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION SHOULD BE ARRANGED
t is destined to supplant. If I can make that clear to you, I shall have also made clear to you the first aim of Socialism: for I have said that the present and decaying order of things, like those which have gone before it, has to be propped up by a system of artificial authority; when that artificial authority has been swept away, harmonious association will be felt by all men to be a necessity of their happy and undegraded existence on the earth, and Socialism will become the condition under which we shall all live, and it will develop naturally, and probably with no violent conflict, whatever detailed system may be necessary: I say the struggle will not be over these details, which will surely vary according to the difference of unchangeable natural surroundings, but over the question, shall it be mastership or fellowship? Let us see then what is the condition of society under the last development of mastership, the commercial system, which has taken the place of the Feudal system. E OLD ORDER WHICH IT IS DESTINED TO SUPPLANT IF I CAN MAKE THAT CLEAR TO YOU I SHALL HAVE ALSO MADE CLEAR TO YOU THE FIRST AIM OF SOCIALISM FOR I HAVE SAID THAT THE PRESENT AND DECAYING ORDER OF THINGS LIKE THOSE WHICH HAVE GONE BEFORE IT HAS TO BE PROPPED UP BY A SYSTEM OF ARTIFICIAL AUTHORITY WHEN THAT ARTIFICIAL AUTHORITY HAS BEEN SWEPT AWAY HARMONIOUS ASSOCIATION WILL BE FELT BY ALL MEN TO BE A NECESSITY OF THEIR HAPPY AND UNDEGRADED EXISTENCE ON THE EARTH AND SOCIALISM WILL BECOME THE CONDITION UNDER WHICH WE SHALL ALL LIVE AND IT WILL DEVELOP NATURALLY AND PROBABLY WITH NO VIOLENT CONFLICT WHATEVER DETAILED SYSTEM MAY BE NECESSARY I SAY THE STRUGGLE WILL NOT BE OVER THESE DETAILS WHICH WILL SURELY VARY ACCORDING TO THE DIFFERENCE OF UNCHANGEABLE NATURAL SURROUNDINGS BUT OVER THE QUESTION SHALL IT BE MASTERSHIP OR FELLOWSHIP LET US SEE THEN WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF SOCIETY UNDER THE LAST DEVELOPMENT OF MASTERSHIP THE COMMERCIAL SYSTEM WHICH HAS TAKEN THE PLACE OF THE FEUDAL SYSTEM
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