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This is a larger body of workers than might be supposed, for it includes amongst others all those engaged in what I should call competitive salesmanship, or, to use a less dignified word, the puffery of wares, which has now got to such a pitch that there are many things which cost far more to sell than they do to make. THIS IS A LARGER BODY OF WORKERS THAN MIGHT BE SUPPOSED FOR IT INCLUDES AMONGST OTHERS ALL THOSE ENGAGED IN WHAT I SHOULD CALL COMPETITIVE SALESMANSHIP OR TO USE A LESS DIGNIFIED WORD THE PUFFERY OF WARES WHICH HAS NOW GOT TO SUCH A PITCH THAT THERE ARE MANY THINGS WHICH COST FAR MORE TO SELL THAN THEY DO TO MAKE
upers are, by the real producers. The class that remains to be considered produces all that is produced, and supports both itself and the other classes, though it is placed in a position of inferiority to them; real inferiority, mind you, involving a degradation both of mind and body. But it is a necessary consequence of this tyranny and folly that again many of these workers are not producers. A vast number of them once more are merely parasites of property, some of them openly so, as the soldiers by land and sea who are kept on foot for the perpetuating of national rivalries and enmities, and for the purposes of the national struggle for the share of the product of unpaid labour. But besides this obvious burden on the producers and the scarcely less obvious one of domestic servants, there is first the army of clerks, shop-assistants, and so forth, who are engaged in the service of the private war for wealth, which, as above said, is the real occupation of the well-to-do middle class. THE MAIN SUPPORTED AS PAUPERS ARE BY THE REAL PRODUCERS THE CLASS THAT REMAINS TO BE CONSIDERED PRODUCES ALL THAT IS PRODUCED AND SUPPORTS BOTH ITSELF AND THE OTHER CLASSES THOUGH IT IS PLACED IN A POSITION OF INFERIORITY TO THEM REAL INFERIORITY MIND YOU INVOLVING A DEGRADATION BOTH OF MIND AND BODY BUT IT IS A NECESSARY CONSEQUENCE OF THIS TYRANNY AND FOLLY THAT AGAIN MANY OF THESE WORKERS ARE NOT PRODUCERS A VAST NUMBER OF THEM ONCE MORE ARE MERELY PARASITES OF PROPERTY SOME OF THEM OPENLY SO AS THE SOLDIERS BY LAND AND SEE WHO ARE KEPT ON FOOT FOR THE PERPETUATING OF NATIONAL RIVALRIES AND ENMITIES AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE NATIONAL STRUGGLE FOR THE SHARE OF THE PRODUCT OF UNPAID LABOUR BUT BESIDES THIS OBVIOUS BURDEN ONE PRODUCERS AND THE SCARCELY LESS OBVIOUS ONE OF DOMESTIC SERVANTS THERE IS FIRST THE ARMY OF CLERKS SHOP ASSISTANTS AND SO FORTH WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE SERVICE OF THE PRIVATE WAR FOR WEALTH WHICH AS ABOVE SAID IS THE REAL OCCUPATION OF THE WELL TO DO MIDDLE CLASS
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