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Hard as the work is, however, its reward is not doubtful. The mere fact that a body of men, however small, are banded together as Socialist missionaries shows that the change is going on. HARD AS THE WORK IS HOWEVER ITS REWARD IS NOT DOUBTFUL THE MERE FACT THAT A BODY OF MEN HOWEVER SMALL ARE BANDED TOGETHER AS SOCIALIST MISSIONARIES SHOWS THAT THE CHANGE IS GOING ON
 to use to their own good the political power which is rapidly being thrust upon them; to get them to see that the old system of organizing labour _for individual profit_ is becoming unmanageable, and that the whole people have now got to choose between the confusion resulting from the break up of that system and the determination to take in hand the labour now organized for profit, and use its organization for the livelihood of the community: to get people to see that individual profit-makers are not a necessity for labour but an obstruction to it, and that not only or chiefly because they are the perpetual pensioners of labour, as they are, but rather because of the waste which their existence as a class necessitates. All this we have to teach people, when we have taught ourselves; and I admit that the work is long and burdensome; as I began by saying, people have been made so timorous of change by the terror of starvation that even the unluckiest of them are stolid and hard to move. HEY MAY BE ABLE TO USE TO THEIR OWN GOOD THE POLITICAL POWER WHICH IS RAPIDLY BEING THRUST UPON THEM TO GET THEM TO SEE THAT THE OLD SYSTEM OF ORGANIZING LABOR FOR INDIVIDUAL PROFIT IS BECOMING UNMANAGEABLE AND THAT THE WHOLE PEOPLE HAVE NOW GOT TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE CONFUSION RESULTING FROM THE BREAK UP OF THAT SYSTEM AND THE DETERMINATION TO TAKE IN HAND THE LABOR NOW ORGANIZED FOR PROFIT AND TO USE ITS ORGANIZATION FOR THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE COMMUNITY TO GET PEOPLE TO SEE THAT INDIVIDUAL PROFIT MAKERS ARE NOT A NECESSITY FOR LABOR BUT AN OBSTRUCTION TO IT AND THAT NOT ONLY OR CHIEFLY BECAUSE THEY ARE THE PERPETUAL PENSIONERS OF LABOUR AS THEY ARE BUT RATHER BECAUSE OF THE WASTE WHICH THEIR EXISTENCE AS A CLASS NECESSITATES ALL THIS WE HAVE TO TEACH PEOPLE WHEN WE HAVE TAUGHT OURSELVES AND I ADMIT THAT THE WORK IS LONG AND BURDENSOME AS I BEGAN BY SAYING PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MADE SO TIMOROUS OF CHANGE BY THE TERROR OF STARVATION THAT EVEN THE UNLUCKIEST OF THEM ARE STOLID AND HARD TO MOVE
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