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That he demands a property in the means of production, I can see no sign whatever. It may come; but all the evidence is the other way. THAT HE DEMANDS A PROPERTY AND THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION I CAN SEE NO SIGN WHATEVER IT MAY COME BUT ALL THE EVIDENCE IS THE OTHER WAY
ed at last in getting the truth told pretty openly and pretty thoroughly. It will break down the barrier between the little governing clique in which the truth is cynically admitted and the bulk of educated men and women who cannot get the truth by word of mouth but depend upon the printed word. We shall, I believe, even within the lifetime of those who have taken part in the struggle; have all the great problems of our time, particularly the Economic problems, honestly debated. But what I do not see is the avenue whereby the great mass of the people can now be restored to an interest in the way in which they are governed, or even in the re-establishment of their own economic independence. So far as I can gather from the life around me, the popular appetite for freedom and even for criticism has disappeared. The wage-earner demands sufficient and regular subsistence, including a system of pensions, and, as part of his definition of subsistence and sufficiency, a due portion of leisure. ORM IT WILL SUCCEED AT LAST IN GETTING THE TRUTH TOLD PRETTY OPENLY AND PRETTY THOROUGHLY IT WILL BREAK DOWN THE BARRIER BETWEEN THE LITTLE GOVERNING CLICK IN WHICH THE TRUTH IS CYNICALLY ADMITTED AND THE BULK OF EDUCATED MEN AND WOMEN WHO CANNOT GET THE TRUTH BY WORD OF MOUTH BUT DEPEND UPON THE PRINTED WORD WE SHALL I BELIEVE EVEN WITHIN THE LIFETIME OF THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE STRUGGLE HAVE ALL THE GREAT PROBLEMS OF OUR TIME PARTICULARLY THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS HONESTLY DEBATED BUT WHAT I DO NOT SEE IS THE AVENUE WHEREBY THE GREAT MASS OF THE PEOPLE CAN NOW BE RESTORED TO AN INTEREST IN THE WAY IN WHICH THEY ARE GOVERNED OR EVEN IN THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THEIR OWN ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE SO FAR AS I CAN GATHER FROM THE LIFE AROUND ME THE POPULAR APPETITE FOR FREEDOM AND EVEN FOR CRITICISM HAS DISAPPEARED THE WAGE EARNER DEMANDS SUFFICIENT AND REGULAR SUBSISTENCE INCLUDING A SYSTEM OF PENSIONS AND AS A PART OF HIS DEFINITION OF SUBSISTENCE AND SUFFICIENCY A DUE PORTION OF LEISURE
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