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Now, at other times, other evils resulting from this system may be put forward. What I want to point out now is the impossibility of our attaining to attractive labour under this system, and to repeat that it is this robbery (there is no other word for it) which wastes the available labour power of the civilized world, forcing many men to do nothing, and many, very many more to do nothing useful; and forcing those who carry on really useful labour to most burdensome over work. NOW AT OTHER TIMES OTHER EVILS RESULTING FROM THIS SYSTEM MAY BE PUT FORWARD WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT NOW IS THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF OUR ATTAINING TO ATTRACTIVE LABOR UNDER THIS SYSTEM AND TO REPEAT THAT IT IS THIS ROBBERY THERE IS NO OTHER WORD FOR IT WHICH WASTES THE AVAILABLE LABOUR POWER OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD FORCING MANY MEN TO DO NOTHING AND MANY VERY MANY MORE TO DO NOTHING USEFUL AND FORCING THOSE WHO CARRY ON REALLY USEFUL LABOUR TO MOST BURDENSOME OVERWORK
 to make it breed. It is clear that if he paid those with whom he makes his bargain the full value of their labour, that is to say, all that they produced, he would fail in his purpose. But since he is the monopolist of the means of productive labour, he can _compel_ them to make a bargain better for him and worse for them than that; which bargain is that after they have earned their livelihood, estimated according to a standard high enough to ensure their peaceable submission to his mastership, the rest (and by far the larger part as a matter of fact) of what they produce shall belong to him, shall be his _property_ to do as he likes with, to use or abuse at his pleasure; which property is, as we all know, jealously guarded by army and navy, police and prison; in short, by that huge mass of physical force which superstition, habit, fear of death by starvation—IGNORANCE, in one word, among the propertyless masses enables the propertied classes to use for the subjection of—their slaves. ION IS TO INCREASE HIS CAPITAL TO MAKE IT BREED IT IS CLEAR THAT IF HE PAID THOSE WITH WHOM HE MAKES HIS BARGAIN THE FULL VALUE OF THEIR LABOUR THAT IS TO SAY ALL THAT THEY PRODUCED HE WOULD FAIL IN HIS PURPOSE BUT SINCE HE IS THE MONOPOLIST OF THE MEANS OF PRODUCTIVE LABOUR HE CAN COMPEL THEM TO MAKE A BARGAIN BETTER FOR HIM AND WORSE FOR THEM THAN THAT WHICH BARGAIN IS THAT AFTER THEY HAVE EARNED THEIR LIVELIHOOD ESTIMATED ACCORDING TO A STANDARD HIGH ENOUGH TO ENSURE THEIR PEACEABLE SUBMISSION TO HIS MASTERSHIP THE REST AND BY FAR THE LARGER PART AS A MATTER OF FACT OF WHAT THEY PRODUCE SHALL BELONG TO HIM SHALL BE HIS PROPERTY TO DO AS HE LIKES WITH TO USE OR ABUSE AT HIS PLEASURE WHICH PROPERTY IS AS WE ALL KNOW JEALOUSLY GUARDED BY ARMY AND NAVY POLICE AND PRISON IN SHORT BY THAT HUGE MASS OF PHYSICAL FORCE WHICH SUPERSTITION HABIT FEAR OF DEATH BY STARVATION IGNORANCE IN ONE WORD AMONG THE PROPERTYLESS MASSES ENABLES THE PROPERTIED CLASSES TO USE FOR THE SUBJECTION OF THEIR SLAS
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