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The sole and utmost success of your policy would be that it might raise up a strong opposition to the condition of things which it would be your function to uphold; but most probably such opposition would still be outside Parliament, and not in it; you would have made a revolution, probably not without bloodshed, only to show people the necessity for another revolution the very next day. THE SOLE AND UTMOST SUCCESS OF YOUR POLICY WOULD BE THAT IT MIGHT RAISE UP A STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE CONDITION OF THINGS WHICH IT WOULD BE YOUR FUNCTION TO UPHOLD BUT MOST PROBABLY SUCH OPPOSITION WOULD STILL BE OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT AND NOT IN IT YOU WOULD HAVE MADE A REVOLUTION PROBABLY NOT WITHOUT BLOODSHED ONLY TO SHOW PEOPLE THE NECESSITY FOR ANOTHER REVOLUTION THE VERY NEXT DAY
d that your triumph in mere politics would lead you back again exactly to the place you started from. You would be Whigs under a different name. Monarchy, House of Lords, pensions, standing army, and the rest of it, are only supports to the present social system—the _privilege_ based on the wages and capital system of production—and are worth nothing except as supports to it. If you are determined to support that system, therefore, you had better leave these things alone. The real masters of Society, the real tyrants of the people, are the Landlords and Capitalists, whom your political triumph would not interfere with. Then, as now, there would be a proletariat and a moneyed class. Then, as now, it would be possible sometimes for a diligent, energetic man, with his mind set wholly on such success, to climb out of the proletariat into the moneyed class, there to sweat as he once was sweated; which, my friends, is, if you will excuse the word, your ridiculous idea of freedom of contract. IC PARTY MEANT AND YOU WOULD FIND THAT YOUR TRIUMPH IN MERE POLITICS WOULD LEAD YOU BACK AGAIN EXACTLY TO THE PLACE YOU STARTED FROM YOU WOULD BE WHIGS UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME MONARCHY HOUSE OF LORDS PENSIONS STANDING ARMY AND THE REST OF IT ARE ONLY SUPPORTS TO THE PRESENT SOCIAL SYSTEM THE PRIVILEGE BASED ON THE WAGES AND CAPITAL SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION AND ARE WORTH NOTHING EXCEPT AS SUPPORTS TO IT IF YOU ARE DETERMINED TO SUPPORT THAT SYSTEM THEREFORE YOU HAD BETTER LEAVE THESE THINGS ALONE THE REAL MASTERS OF SOCIETY THE REAL TYRANTS OF THE PEOPLE ARE THE LANDLORDS AND CAPITALISTS WHOM YOUR POLITICAL TRIUMPH WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH THEN AS NOW THERE WOULD BE A PROLETARIAT AND A MONEYED CLASS THEN AS NOW IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE SOMETIMES FOR A DILIGENT ENERGETIC MAN WITH HIS MIND SET WHOLLY ON SUCH SUCCESS TO CLIMB OUT OF THE PROLETARIAT INTO THE MONEYED CLASS THERE TO SWEAT AS HE ONCE WAS SWEATED WHICH MY FRIENDS IS IF YOU WILL EXCUSE THE WORD YOUR RIDICULOUS IDEA OF FREEDOM OF CONTRACT
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