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In other words, our society includes a great mass of slaves, who must be fed, clothed, housed and amused as slaves, and that their daily necessity compels them to make the slave wares whose use is the perpetuation of their slavery. IN OTHER WORDS OUR SOCIETY INCLUDES A GREAT MASS OF SLAVES WHO MUST BE FED CLOTHED HOUSED AND AMUSED AS SLAVES AND THAT THEIR DAILY NECESSITY COMPELS THEM TO MAKE THE SLAVE WARES WHOSE USE IS THE PERPETUATION OF THEIR SLAVERY
 and, living as they do on wages from those whom they support, cannot get for their use the _goods_ which men naturally desire, but must put up with miserable makeshifts for them, with coarse food that does not nourish, with rotten raiment which does not shelter, with wretched houses which may well make a town-dweller in civilization look back with regret to the tent of the nomad tribe, or the cave of the pre-historic savage. Nay, the workers must even lend a hand to the great industrial invention of the age—adulteration, and by its help produce for their own use shams and mockeries of the luxury of the rich; for the wage-earners must always live as the wage-payers bid them, and their very habits of life are _forced_ on them by their masters. But it is waste of time to try to express in words due contempt of the productions of the much-praised cheapness of our epoch. It must be enough to say that this cheapness is necessary to the system of exploiting on which modern manufacture rests. T MEN MUST BE POOR AND LIVING AS THEY DO ON WAGES FROM THOSE WHOM THEY SUPPORT CANNOT GET FOR THEIR USE THE GOODS WHICH MEN NATURALLY DESIRE BUT MUST PUT UP WITH MISERABLE MAKESHIFTS FOR THEM WITH COARSE FOOD THAT DOES NOT NOURISH WITH ROTTEN RAIMENT WHICH DOES NOT SHELTER WITH WRETCHED HOUSES WHICH MAY WELL MAKE A TOWN DWELLER IN CIVILIZATION LOOK BACK WITH REGRET TO THE TENT OF THE NOMAD TRIBE OR THE CAVE OF THE PREHISTORIC SAVAGE NAY THE WORKERS MUST EVEN LEND A HAND TO THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL INVENTION OF THE AGE ADULTERATION AND BY ITS HELP PRODUCE FOR THEIR OWN USE SHAMS AND MOCKERIES OF THE LUXURIES OF THE RICH FOR THE WAGE EARNERS MUST ALWAYS LIVE AS THE WAGE PAYERS BID THEM AND THEIR VERY HABITS OF LIFE ARE FORCED ON THEM BY THEIR MASTERS BUT IT IS WASTE OF TIME TO TRY TO EXPRESS IN WORDS DUE CONTEMPT OF THE PRODUCTIONS OF THE MUCH PRAISED CHEAPNESS OF OUR EPOCH IT MUST BE ENOUGH TO SAY THAT THIS CHEAPNESS IS NECESSARY TO THE SYSTEM OF EXPLOITING ON WHICH MODERN MANUFACTURE RESTS
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