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Nevertheless, they are only so by compulsion; and, even without their being conscious of it, they struggle against that compulsion and its immediate results, the lowering of their wages, of their standard of life; and this they do, and must do, both as a class and individually: just as the slave of the great Roman lord, though he distinctly felt himself to be a part of the household, yet collectively was a force in reserve for its destruction, and individually stole from his lord whenever he could safely do so. NEVERTHELESS THEY ARE ONLY SO BY COMPULSION AND EVEN WITHOUT THEIR BEING CONSCIOUS OF IT THEY STRUGGLE AGAINST THAT COMPULSION AND ITS IMMEDIATE RESULTS THE LOWERING OF THEIR WAGES OF THEIR STANDARD OF LIFE AND THIS THEY DO AND MUST DO BOTH AS A CLASS AND INDIVIDUALLY JUST AS THE SLAVE OF THE GREAT ROMAN LORD THOUGH HE DISTINCTLY FELT HIMSELF TO BE A PART OF THE HOUSEHOLD YET COLLECTIVELY WAS A FORCE IN RESERVE FOR ITS DESTRUCTION AND INDIVIDUALLY STOLE FROM HIS LORD WHENEVER HE COULD SAFELY DO SO
tead of goods for their own use: as long as they do this, and compete with each other for leave to do it, they will be, and will feel themselves to be, simply a part of those competing firms I have been speaking of; they will be in fact just a part of the machinery for the production of profit; and so long as this lasts it will be the aim of the masters or profit-makers to decrease the market value of this human part of the machinery; that is to say, since they already hold in their hands the labour of dead men in the form of capital and machinery, it is their interest, or we will say their necessity, to pay as little as they can help for the labour of living men which they have to buy from day to day: and since the workmen they employ have nothing but their labour-power, they are compelled to underbid one another for employment and wages, and so enable the capitalist to play his game. I have said that, as things go, the workers are a part of the competing firms, an adjunct of capital. FORMS AN ESSENTIAL PART INSTEAD OF GOODS FOR THEIR OWN USE AS LONG AS THEY DO THIS AND COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER FOR LEAVE TO DO IT THEY WILL BE AND WILL FEEL THEMSELVES TO BE SIMPLY A PART OF THOSE COMPETING FIRMS I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING OF THEY WILL BE IN FACT JUST A PART OF THE MACHINERY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PROFIT AND SO LONG AS IT LASTS IT WILL BE THE AIM OF THE MASTERS OR PROFIT MAKERS TO DECREASE THE MARKET VALUE OF THIS HUMAN PART OF THEIR MACHINERY THAT IS TO SAY SINCE THEY ALREADY HOLD IN THEIR HANDS THE LABOUR OF DEAD MEN IN THE FORM OF CAPITAL AND MACHINERY IT IS THEIR INTEREST OR WE WILL SAY THEIR NECESSITY TO PAY AS LITTLE AS THEY CAN HELP FOR THE LABOUR OF LIVING MEN WHICH THEY HAVE TO BUY FROM DAY TO DAY AND SINCE THE WORKMEN THEY EMPLOY HAVE NOTHING BUT THEIR LABOUR POWER THEY ARE COMPELLED TO UNBID ONE ANOTHER FOR EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES SO ENABLE THE CAPITALIST TO PLAY HIS GAME I HAVE SAID THAT AS THINGS GO THE WORKERS ARE A PART OF THE COMPETING FARMS AN ADJUNCT OF CAPITAL
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