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That power of labour is useless to its possessors, and cannot be exercised without the help of the other means of production; but those who have nothing but labour power—i.e., who have no means of making others work for them, must work for themselves in order to live; and they must therefore apply to the owners of the means of fructifying labour—i.e. THAT POWER OF LABOR IS USELESS TO ITS POSSESSORS AND CANNOT BE EXERCISED WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE OTHER MEANS OF PRODUCTION BUT THOSE WHO HAVE NOTHING BUT LABOUR POWER THAT IS WHO HAVE NO MEANS OF MAKING OTHERS WORK FOR THEM MUST WORK FOR THEMSELVES IN ORDER TO LIVE AND THEY MUST THEREFORE APPLY TO THE OWNERS OF THE MEANS OF FRUCTIFYING LABOR THAT IS
erently from one another in order to distinguish them. But now a well-to-do man is a refined and cultivated being, enjoying to the full his share of the conquest over Nature which the modern world has achieved, while the poor man is rude and degraded, and has no share in the wealth conquered by modern science from Nature: he is certainly no better as to material condition than the serf of the Middle Ages, perhaps he is worse: to my mind he is at least worse than the savage living in a good climate. I do not think that any thoughtful man seriously denies this: let us try to see what brings it about; let us see it as clearly as we all see that the hereditary privilege of the noble caste, and the consequent serf slavery of the workers of the Middle Ages, brought about the peculiar conditions of that period. Society is now divided between two classes, those who monopolize all the means of the production of wealth save one; and those who possess nothing except that one, the Power of Labour. AD TO DRESS THEM DIFFERENTLY FROM ONE ANOTHER IN ORDER TO DISTINGUISH THEM BUT NOW A WELL TO DO MAN IS A REFINED AND CULTIVATED BEING ENJOYING TO THE FULL HIS SHARE OF THE CONQUEST OVER NATURE WHICH THE MODERN WORLD HAS ACHIEVED WHILE THE POOR MAN IS RUDE AND DEGRADED AND HAS NO SHARE IN THE WEALTH CONQUERED BY MODERN SCIENCE FROM NATURE HE IS CERTAINLY NO BETTER AS TO MATERIAL CONDITION THAN THE SURF OF THE MIDDLE AGES PERHAPS HE IS WORSE TO MY MIND HE IS AT LEAST WORSE THAN THE SAVAGE LIVING IN A GOOD CLIMATE I DO NOT THINK THAT ANY THOUGHTFUL MAN SERIOUSLY DENIES THIS LET US TRY TO SEE WHAT IT BRINGS ABOUT LET US SEE IT AS CLEARLY AS WE WILL SEE THAT THE HEREDITARY PRIVILEGE OF THE NOBLE CASTE AND THE CONSEQUENT SERF SLAVERY OF THE WORKERS OF THE MIDDLE AGES BROUGHT ABOUT THE PECULIAR CONDITIONS OF THAT PERIOD SOCIETY IS NOW DIVIDED BETWEEN TWO CLASSES THOSE WHO MONOPOLIZE ALL THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION OF WEALTH SAVE ONE AND THOSE WHO POSSESS NOTHING EXCEPT THAT ONE THE POWER OF LABOR
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