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No one would make plush breeches when there were no flunkies to wear them, nor would anybody waste his time over making oleomargarine when no one was _compelled_ to abstain from real butter. Adulteration laws are only needed in a society of thieves—and in such a society they are a dead letter. NO ONE WOULD MAKE PLUSH BREECHES WHEN THERE WERE NO FLUNKEYS TO WEAR THEM NOR WOULD ANYBODY WASTE HIS TIME OVER MAKING OLEOMARGARINE WHEN NO ONE WAS COMPELLED TO ABSTAIN FROM REAL BUTTER ADULTERATION LAWS ARE ONLY NEEDED IN A SOCIETY OF THIEVES AND IN SUCH A SOCIETY THEY ARE A DEAD LETTER
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. 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.  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 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
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