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At the risk of being accused of sentimentality, I will say that since this is so, since the work which produces the things that should be matters of art is but a burden and a slavery, I exult in this at least, that it cannot produce art; that all it can do lies between stark utilitarianism and idiotic sham. AT THE RISK OF BEING A USUAL SENTIMENTALITY I WILL SAY THAT SINCE THIS IS SO SINCE THE WORK WHICH PRODUCES THE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE MATTERS OF ART IS BUT A BURDEN UNDER SLAVERY I EXULT IN THIS AT LEAST THAT IT CANNOT PRODUCE ART THAT ALL IT CAN DO LIES BETWEEN STARK UTILITARIANISM AND IDIOTIC SHAM
whether he likes it or not. But why is he the slave to machinery? Because he is the slave to the system for whose existence the invention of machinery was necessary. And now I must drop, or rather have dropped, the assumption of the equality of condition, and remind you that, though in a sense we are all the slaves of machinery, yet that some men are so directly without any metaphor at all, and that these are just those on whom the great body of the arts depends—the workmen. It is necessary for the system which keeps them in their position as an inferior class that they should either be themselves machines or be the servants to machines, in no case having any interest in the work which they turn out. To their employers they are, so far as they are workmen, a part of the machinery of the workshop or the factory; to themselves they are proletarians, human beings working to live that they may live to work: their part of craftsmen, of makers of things by their own free will, is played out. T BUT BE USED BY IT WHETHER HE LIKES IT OR NOT BUT WHY IS HE THE SLAVE TO MACHINERY BECAUSE HE IS THE SLAVE TO THE SYSTEM FOR WHOSE EXISTENCE THE INVENTION OF MACHINERY WAS NECESSARY AND NOW I MUST DROP OR RATHER HAVE DROPPED THE ASSUMPTION OF THE EQUALITY OF CONDITION AND REMIND YOU THAT THOUGH EVER SINCE WE ARE ALL THE SLAVES OF MACHINERY YET THAT SOME MEN ARE SO DIRECTLY WITHOUT ANY METAPHOR AT ALL AND THAT THESE ARE JUST THOSE ON WHOM THE GREAT BODY OF THE ARTS DEPENDS THE WORKMEN IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE SYSTEM WHICH KEEPS THEM IN THEIR POSITION AS AN INFERIOR CLASS THAT THEY SHOULD EITHER BE THEMSELVES MACHINES OR BE THE SERVANTS TO MACHINES IN LOCATES HAVING ANY INTEREST IN THE WORK WHICH THEY TURN OUT TO THEIR EMPLOYERS THEY ARE SO FAR AS THEY ARE WORKMEN A PART OF THE MACHINERY OF THE WORKSHOP OR THE FACTORY TO THEMSELVES THEY ARE PROLETARIANS HUMAN BEINGS WORKING TO LIVE THAT THEY MAY LIVE TO WORK THEIR PART OF CRAFTSMEN OF MAKERS OF THINGS BY THEIR OWN FREE WILL IS PLAYED OUT
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