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You understand that perfectly as to the kind of war in which people go out to kill and be killed; that sort of war in which ships are commissioned, for instance, "to sink, burn, and destroy;" but it appears that you are not so conscious of this waste of goods when you are only carrying on that other war called _commerce_; observe, however, that the waste is there all the same. Now let us look at this kind of war a little closer, run through some of the forms of it, that we may see how the "burn, sink, and destroy" is carried on in it. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT PERFECTLY AS TO THE KIND OF WAR IN WHICH PEOPLE GO OUT TO KILL AND BE KILLED THAT SORT OF WAR IN WHICH SHIPS ARE COMMISSIONED FOR INSTANCE TO SINK BURN AND DESTROY BUT IT APPEARS THAT YOU ARE NOT SO CONSCIOUS OF THIS WASTE OF GOODS WHEN YOU ARE ONLY CARRYING ON THAT OTHER WAR CALLED COMMERCE OBSERVE HOWEVER THAT THE WASTE IS THERE ALL THE SAME NOW LET US LOOK AT THIS KIND OF WAR A LITTLE CLOSER RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE FORMS OF IT THAT WE MAY SEE HOW THE BURNED SINK AND DESTROY IS CARRIED ON IN IT
 which they cannot endure without continued degradation. How do we live, then, under our present system? Let us look at it a little. And first, please to understand that our present system of Society is based on a state of perpetual war. Do any of you think that this is as it should be? I know that you have often been told that the competition, which is at present the rule of all production, is a good thing, and stimulates the progress of the race; but the people who tell you this should call competition by its shorter name of _war_ if they wish to be honest, and you would then be free to consider whether or no war stimulates progress, otherwise than as a mad bull chasing you over your own garden may do. War or competition, whichever you please to call it, means at the best pursuing your own advantage at the cost of some one else’s loss, and in the process of it you must not be sparing of destruction even of your own possessions, or you will certainly come by the worse in the struggle. FE ARE IN A POSITION WHICH THEY CANNOT ENDURE WITHOUT CONTINUED DEGRADATION HOW DO WE LIVE THEN UNDER OUR PRESENT SYSTEM LET US LOOK AT IT A LITTLE AND FIRST PLEASE TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR PRESENT SYSTEM OF SOCIETY IS BASED ON A STATE OF PERPETUAL WAR DO ANY OF YOU THINK THAT THIS IS AS IT SHOULD BE I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE OFTEN BEEN TOLD THAT THE COMPETITION WHICH IS AT PRESENT THE RULE OF ALL PRODUCTION IS A GOOD THING AND STIMULATES THE PROGRESS OF THE RACE BUT THE PEOPLE WHO TELL YOU THIS SHOULD CALL COMPETITION BY ITS SHORTER NAME OF WAR IF THEY WISHED TO BE HONEST AND YOU WOULD THEN BE FREE TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NO WAR STIMULATES PROGRESS OTHERWISE THAN AS A MAD BULL CHASING YOU OVER YOUR OWN GARDEN MAY DO WAR OR COMPETITION WHICHEVER YOU PLEASE TO CALL IT MEANS AT THE BEST PURSUING YOUR OWN ADVANTAGE AT THE COST OF SOME ONE ELSE'S LOSS AND IN THE PROCESS OF IT YOU MUST NOT BE SPARING OF DESTRUCTION EVEN OF YOUR OWN POSSESSIONS OR YOU WILL CERTAINLY COME BY THE WORSE IN THE STRUGGLE
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