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Meantime, it is this simplicity and directness of the growing contest which above all things presents itself as a terror to the conservative instinct of the present day. MEANTIME IT IS THIS SIMPLICITY AND DIRECTNESS OF THE GROWING CONTEST WHICH ABOVE ALL THINGS PRESENTS ITSELF AS A TERROR TO THE CONSERVATIVE INSTINCT OF THE PRESENT DAY
to organize his slaves, the wage-earners, into a co-operation for production so well arranged that it requires little but his own elimination to make it a foundation for communal life: in the teeth also of the experience of past ages, he has been compelled to allow a modicum of education to the propertyless, and has not even been able to deprive them wholly of political rights; his own advance in wealth and power has bred for him the very enemy who is doomed to make an end of him. But will there be any new class to take the place of the present proletariat when that has triumphed, as it must do, over the present privileged class? We cannot foresee the future, but we may fairly hope not: at least we cannot see any signs of such a new class forming. It is impossible to see how destruction of privilege can stop short of absolute equality of condition; pure Communism is the logical deduction from the imperfect form of the new society, which is generally differentiated from it as Socialism. AS WE HAVE SEEN TO ORGANIZE HIS SLAVES THE WAGER AND HIS INTO CO OPERATION FOR PRODUCTION SO WELL ARRANGED THAT IT REQUIRES LITTLE BUT HIS OWN ELIMINATION TO MAKE IT A FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNAL LIFE IN THE TEETH ALSO OF THE EXPERIENCE OF PAST AGES HE HAS BEEN COMPELLED TO ALLOW A MODICUM OF EDUCATION TO THE PROPERTY LIST AND HAS NOT EVEN BEEN ABLE TO DEPRIVE THEM WHOLLY OF POLITICAL RIGHTS HIS OWN ADVANCE IN WEALTH AND POWER HAS BRED FOR HIM THE VERY ENEMY WHO IS DOOMED TO MAKE AN END OF HIM BUT WILL THERE BE ANY NEW CLASS TO TAKE THE PLACE OF THE PRESENT PROLETARIAT WHEN THAT HAS TRIUMPHED AS IT MUST DO OVER THE PRESENT PRIVILEGED CLASS WE CANNOT FORESEE THE FUTURE BUT WE MAY FAIRLY HOPE NOT AT LEAST WE CANNOT SEE ANY SIGNS OF SUCH A NEW CLASS FORMING IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE HOW DESTRUCTION OF PRIVILEGE CAN STOP SHORT OF ABSOLUTE EQUALITY OF CONDITION PURE COMMUNISM IS THE LOGICAL DEDUCTION FROM THE IMPERFECT FORM OF THE NEW SOCIETY WHICH IS GENERALLY DIFFERENTIATED FROM IT AS SOCIALISM
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