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If by any chance the so called lower class were to perish or leave the community, production of wealth would come to a standstill, until the wealth owners had learned how to produce, until they had descended from their position, and had taken the place of their former slaves. IF BY ANY CHANCE THE SO CALLED LOWER CLASS WERE TO PERISH OR LEAVE THE COMMUNITY PRODUCTION OF WEALTH WOULD COME TO A STANDSTILL UNTIL THE WEALTH OWNERS HAD LEARNED HOW TO PRODUCE UNTIL THEY HAD DESCENDED FROM THEIR POSITION AND HAD TAKEN THE PLACE OF THEIR FORMER SLAVES
ensifying of the labour while it lasts, the employment of the auxiliary labour of women and children: owing to all this there are in ordinary years even, not merely in specially bad years like the current one, {184} more workers than there is work for them to do. The workers therefore undersell one another in disposing of their one commodity, labour-power, and are forced to do so, or they would not be allowed to work, and therefore would have to starve or go to the prison called the workhouse. This is why the masters at the present day are able to dispense with the exercise of obvious violence which in bygone times they used towards their slaves. This then is the first distinction between the two great classes of modern Society: the upper class possesses wealth, the lower lacks wealth; but there is another distinction to which I will now draw your attention: the class which lacks wealth is the class that produces it, the class that possesses it does not produce it, it consumes it only. TIER NOT THE MAN AND THE INTENSIFYING OF THE LABOR WHILE IT LASTS THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE AUXILIARY LABOR OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN OWING TO ALL THIS THERE ARE IN ORDINARY YEARS EVEN NOT MERELY UNSPECIALLY BAD YEARS LIKE THE CURRENT ONE MORE WORKERS THAN THERE IS WORK FOR THEM TO DO THE WORKERS THEREFORE UNDERSELL ONE ANOTHER IN DISPOSING OF THEIR ONE COMMODITY LABOUR POWER AND ARE FORCED TO DO SO OR THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO WORK AND THEREFORE WOULD HAVE TO STARVE OR GO TO THE PRISON CALLED THE WORKHOUSE THIS IS WHY THE MASTERS AT THE PRESENT DAY ARE ABLE TO DISPENSE WITH THE EXERCISE OF OBVIOUS VIOLENCE WHICH IN BYGONE TIMES THEY USE TOWARDS THEIR SLAVES THIS THEN IS THE FIRST DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO GREAT CLASSES OF MODERN SOCIETY THE UPPER CLASS POSSESSES WEALTH THE LOWER LACKS WEALTH BUT THERE IS ANOTHER DISTINCTION TO WHICH I WILL NOW DRAW YOUR ATTENTION THE CLASS WHICH LACKS WEALTH IS THE CLASS THAT PRODUCES IT THE CLASS THAT POSSESSES IT DOES NOT PRODUCE IT IT CONSUMES IT ONLY
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