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But when revolution has made it "easy to live," when all are working harmoniously together and there is no one to rob the worker of his time, that is to say, his life; in those coming days there will be no compulsion on us to go on producing things we do not want, no compulsion on us to labour for nothing; we shall be able calmly and thoughtfully to consider what we shall do with our wealth of labour power. BUT WHEN REVOLUTION HAS MADE IT EASY TO LIVE WHEN ALL ARE WORKING HARMONIOUSLY TOGETHER AND THERE IS NO ONE TO ROB THE WORKER OF HIS TIME THAT IS TO SAY HIS LIFE IN THOSE COMING DAYS THERE WILL BE NO COMPULSION ON US TO GO ON PRODUCING THINGS WE DO NOT WANT NO COMPULSION ON US TO LABOR FOR NOTHING WE SHALL BE ABLE CALMLY AND THOUGHTFULLY TO CONSIDER WHAT WE SHALL DO WITH OUR WEALTH OF LABOUR POWER
-do and refined people now think desirable. We shall have labour-power to spare, and shall, in short, be as wealthy as we please. It will be easy to live. If we were to wake up some morning now, under our present system, and find it “easy to live,” that system would force us to set to work at once and make it hard to live; we should call that “developing our resources,” or some such fine name. The multiplication of labour has become a necessity for us, and as long as that goes on no ingenuity in the invention of machines will be of any real use to us. Each new machine will cause a certain amount of misery among the workers whose special industry it may disturb; so many of them will be reduced from skilled to unskilled workmen, and then gradually matters will slip into their due grooves, and all will work apparently smoothly again; and if it were not that all this is preparing revolution, things would be, for the greater part of men, just as they were before the new wonderful invention. HE FOOTING OF WHAT WELL TO DO AND REFINED PEOPLE NOW THINK DESIRABLE WE SHALL HAVE LABOUR POWER TO SPARE AND SHALL IN SHORT BE AS WEALTHY AS WE PLEASE IT WILL BE EASY TO LIVE IF WE WERE TO WAKE UP SOME MORNING NOW UNDER OUR PRESENT SYSTEM AND FIND IT EASY TO LIVE THAT SYSTEM WOULD FORCE US TO SET TO WORK AT ONCE AND MAKE IT HARD TO LIVE WE SHOULD CALL THAT DEVELOPING OUR RESOURCES OR SOME SUCH FINE NAME THE MULTIPLICATION OF LABOUR HAS BECOME A NECESSITY FOR US AND AS LONG AS THAT GOES ON NO INGENUITY IN THE INVENTION OF MACHINES WILL BE OF ANY REAL USE TO US EACH NEW MACHINE WILL CAUSE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MISERY AMONG THE WORKERS WHOSE SPECIAL INDUSTRY IT MAY DISTURB SO MANY OF THEM WILL BE REDUCED FROM SKILLED TO UNSKILLED WORKMEN AND THEN GRADUALLY MATTERS WILL SLIP INTO THEIR DUE GROOVES AND ALL WILL WORK APPARENTLY SMOOTHLY AGAIN AND IF IT WERE NOT THAT ALL THIS IS PREPARING REVOLUTION THINGS WOULD BE FOR THE GREATER PART OF MEN JUST AS THEY WERE BEFORE THE NEW WONDERFUL INVENTION
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