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I must now try to show you the reason of all this, and what it rests on, by trying to answer the question, Why have the profit makers got all this power, or at least why are they able to keep it? I MUST NOW TRY TO SHOW YOU THE REASON OF ALL THIS AND WHAT IT RESTS ON BY TRYING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION WHY HAVE THE PROFIT MAKERS GOT ALL THIS POWER OR AT LEAST WHY ARE THEY ABLE TO KEEP IT
lts of war, the war this time, not of competing nations, but of competing firms or capitalist units: and it is this war of the firms which hinders the peace between nations which you surely have agreed with me in thinking is so necessary; for you must know that war is the very breath of the nostrils of these fighting firms, and they have now, in our times, got into their hands nearly all the political power, and they band together in each country in order to make their respective governments fulfil just two functions: the first is at home to act as a strong police force, to keep the ring in which the strong are beating down the weak; the second is to act as a piratical body-guard abroad, a petard to explode the doors which lead to the markets of the world: markets at any price abroad, uninterfered-with privilege, falsely called _laissez-faire_, {13} at any price at home, to provide these is the sole business of a government such as our industrial captains have been able to conceive of. Y ALL THIS IS WAR AND THE RESULTS OF WAR THE WAR THIS TIME NOT OF COMPETING NATIONS BUT OF COMPETING FIRMS OR CAPITALIST UNITS AND IT IS THIS WAR OF THE FIRMS WHICH HINDERS THE PEACE BETWEEN NATIONS WHICH YOU HAVE SURELY AGREED WITH ME IN THINKING IS SO NECESSARY FOR YOU MUST KNOW THAT WAR IS THE VERY BREATH OF THE NOSTRILS OF THESE FIGHTING FIRMS AND THEY HAVE NOW IN OUR TIMES GOT INTO THEIR HANDS NEARLY ALL THE POLITICAL POWER AND THEY BAND TOGETHER IN EACH COUNTRY IN ORDER TO MAKE THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS FULFIL JUST TWO FUNCTIONS THE FIRST IS AT HOME TO ACT AS A STRONG POLICE FORCE TO KEEP THE RING IN WHICH THE STRONG ARE BEATING DOWN THE WEAK THE SECOND IS TO ACT AS A PIRATICAL BODYGUARD ABROAD A PETARD TO EXPLODE THE DOORS WHICH LEAD TO THE MARKETS OF THE WORLD MARKETS AT ANY PRICE ABROAD UNINTERFERED WITH PRIVILEGE FALSELY CALLED LES AFFAIR AT ANY PRICE AT HOME TO PROVIDE THESE IS THE SOLE BUSINESS OF A GOVERNMENT SUCH AS OUR INDUSTRIAL CAPTAINS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONCEIVE OF
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