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So, here, you see, is another form of war necessary to the way we live now, the war of class against class, which, when it rises to its height, and it seems to be rising at present, will destroy those other forms of war we have been speaking of; will make the position of the profit makers, of perpetual commercial war, untenable; will destroy the present system of competitive privilege, or commercial war. SO HERE YOU SEE IS ANOTHER FORM OF WAR NECESSARY TO THE WAY WE LIVE NOW THE WAR OF CLASS AGAINST CLASS WHICH WHEN IT RISES TO ITS HEIGHT AND IT SEEMS TO BE RISING AT PRESENT WILL DESTROY THOSE OTHER FORMS OF WAR WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING OF WILL MAKE THE POSITION OF THE PROFIT MAKERS OF PERPETUAL COMMERCIAL WAR UNTENABLE WILL DESTROY THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF COMPETITIVE PRIVILEGE OR COMMERCIAL WAR
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. 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. IR 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 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
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