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Again, as people freed from the daily terror of starvation find out what they really wanted, being no longer compelled by anything but their own needs, they would refuse to produce the mere inanities which are now called luxuries, or the poison and trash now called cheap wares. AGAIN AS PEOPLE FREED FROM THE DAILY TERROR OF STARVATION FIND OUT WHAT THEY REALLY WANTED BEING NO LONGER COMPELLED BY ANYTHING BUT THEIR OWN NEEDS THEY WOULD REFUSE TO PRODUCE THE MERE INANITIES WHICH ARE NOW CALLED LUXURIES OR THE POISON AND TRASH NOW CALLED CHEAP WARES
o serve the machines (as slaves their masters). All this they do by the way, while they pile up the profits of the employers of labour, or force them to expend those profits in bitter commercial war with each other. In a true society these miracles of ingenuity would be for the first time used for minimizing the amount of time spent in unattractive labour, which by their means might be so reduced as to be but a very light burden on each individual. All the more as these machines would most certainly be very much improved when it was no longer a question as to whether their improvement would “pay” the individual, but rather whether it would benefit the community. So much for the ordinary use of machinery, which would probably, after a time, be somewhat restricted when men found out that there was no need for anxiety as to mere subsistence, and learned to take an interest and pleasure in handiwork which, done deliberately and thoughtfully, could be made more attractive than machine work. E LABOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVE THE MACHINES AS SLAVES THEIR MASTERS ALL THIS THEY DO BY THE WAY WHILE THEY PILE UP THE PROFITS OF THE EMPLOYERS OF LABOR OR FORCE THEM TO EXPEND THOSE PROFITS IN BITTER COMMERCIAL WAR WITH EACH OTHER IN A TRUE SOCIETY THESE MIRACLES OF INGENUITY WOULD BE FOR THE FIRST TIME USED FOR MINIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT IN UNATTRACTIVE LABOUR WHICH BY THEIR MEANS MIGHT BE SO REDUCED AS TO BE BUT A VERY LIGHT BURDEN ON EACH INDIVIDUAL ALL THE MORE AS THESE MACHINES WOULD MOST CERTAINLY BE VERY MUCH IMPROVED WHEN IT WAS NO LONGER A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THEIR IMPROVEMENT WOULD PAY THE INDIVIDUAL BUT RATHER WHETHER IT WOULD BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY SO MUCH FOR THE ORDINARY USE OF MACHINERY WHICH WOULD PROBABLY AFTER A TIME BE SOMEWHAT RESTRICTED WHEN MEN FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS NO NEED FOR ANXIETY AS TO MERE SUBSISTENCE AND LEARNED TO TAKE AN INTEREST AND PLEASURE IN HANDIWORK WHICH DONE DELIBERATELY AND THOUGHTFULLY COULD BE MADE MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN MACHINE WORK
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