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If you are determined to support that system, therefore, you had better leave these things alone. The real masters of Society, the real tyrants of the people, are the Landlords and Capitalists, whom your political triumph would not interfere with. IF YOU ARE DETERMINED TO SUPPORT THAT SYSTEM THEREFORE YOU HAD BETTER LEAVE THESE THINGS ALONE THE REAL MASTERS OF SOCIETY THE REAL TYRANTS OF THE PEOPLE ARE THE LANDLORDS AND CAPITALISTS WHOM YOUR POLITICAL TRIUMPH WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH
age, payment of members, annual Parliaments, abolition of the House of Lords, abolition of the monarchy, and so forth. I would answer this by saying: After all, these are not ends, but means to an end; and passing by the fact that the last two are not constitutional measures, and so could not be brought about without actual rebellion, I would say if you had gained all these things, and more, all you would have done would have been to establish the ascendancy of the Democratic party; having so established it, you would then have to find out by the usual party means what that Democratic party meant, and you would find that your triumph in mere politics would lead you back again exactly to the place you started from. You would be Whigs under a different name. Monarchy, House of Lords, pensions, standing army, and the rest of it, are only supports to the present social system—the _privilege_ based on the wages and capital system of production—and are worth nothing except as supports to it. IEW AND SAY UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE PAYMENT OF MEMBERS ANNUAL PARLIAMENTS ABOLITION OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS ABOLITION OF THE MONARCHY AND SO FORTH I WOULD ANSWER THIS BY SAYING AFTER ALL THESE ARE NOT ENDS BUT MEANS TO AN END AND PASSING BY THE FACT THAT THE LAST TWO ARE NOT CONSTITUTIONAL MEASURES AND SO COULD NOT BE BROUGHT ABOUT WITHOUT ACTUAL REBELLION I WOULD SAY IF YOU HAD GAINED ALL THESE THINGS AND MORE ALL YOU WOULD HAVE DONE WOULD HAVE BEEN TO ESTABLISH THE ASCENDENCY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAVING SO ESTABLISHED IT YOU WOULD THEN HAVE TO FIND OUT BY THE USUAL PARTY MEANS WHAT THAT DEMOCRATIC PARTY MEANT AND YOU WOULD FIND THAT YOUR TRIUMPH IN MERE POLITICS WOULD LEAD YOU BACK AGAIN EXACTLY TO THE PLACE YOU STARTED FROM YOU WOULD BE WHIGS UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME MONARCHY HOUSE OF LORDS PENSIONS STANDING ARMY AND THE REST OF IT ARE ONLY SUPPORTS TO THE PRESENT SOCIAL SYSTEM THE PRIVILEGE BASED ON THE WAGES AND CAPITAL SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION AND ARE WORTH NOTHING EXCEPT AS SUPPORTS TO IT
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