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But now that, owing to the very pursuit of these undue shares of profit, or extra earnings, men have become more dependent on each other for production, and have been driven, as I said before, to combine together for that end more completely, the power of the workers—that is to say, of the robbed or fleeced class—has enormously increased, and it only remains for them to understand that they have this power. BUT NOW THAT OWING TO THE VERY PURSUIT OF THESE UNDUE SHARES OF PROFIT OR EXTRA EARNINGS MEN HAVE BECOME MORE DEPENDENT ON EACH OTHER FOR PRODUCTION AND HAVE BEEN DRIVEN AS I SAID BEFORE TO COMBINE TOGETHER FOR THAT END MORE COMPLETELY THE POWER OF THE WORKERS THAT IS TO SAY OF THE ROBBED OR FLEECED CLASS HAS ENORMOUSLY INCREASED AND IT ONLY REMAINS FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE THIS POWER
ncreasing faster and faster, till to-day one man will weave, for instance, as much cloth in a week as will clothe a whole village for years: and the real question of civilization has always been what are we to do with this extra produce of labour—a question which the phantom, fear of starvation, and its fellow, desire of domination, has driven men to answer pretty badly always, and worst of all perhaps in these present days, when the extra produce has grown with such prodigious speed. The practical answer has always been for man to struggle with his fellow for private possession of undue shares of these extras, and all kinds of devices have been employed by those who found themselves in possession of the power of taking them from others to keep those whom they had robbed in perpetual subjection; and these latter, as I have already hinted, had no chance of resisting this fleecing as long as they were few and scattered, and consequently could have little sense of their common oppression. RAS HAS GONE ON INCREASING FASTER AND FASTER TILL TO DAY ONE MAN WILL WEAVE FOR INSTANCE AS MUCH CLOTH IN A WEEK AS WILL CLOTHE A WHOLE VILLAGE FOR YEARS AND THE REAL QUESTION OF CIVILIZATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHAT ARE WE TO DO WITH THIS EXTRA PRODUCE OF LABOUR A QUESTION WHICH THE PHANTOM FEAR OF STARVATION AND ITS FELLOW DESIRE OF DOMINATION HAS DRIVEN MEN TO ANSWER PRETTY BADLY ALWAYS AND WORST OF ALL PERHAPS IN THESE PRESENT DAYS WHEN THE EXTRA PRODUCE HAS GROWN WITH SUCH PRODIGIOUS SPEED THE PRACTICAL ANSWER HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR MAN TO STRUGGLE WITH HIS FELLOW FOR PRIVATE POSSESSION OF UNDUE SHARES OF THESE EXTRAS AND ALL KINDS OF DEVICES HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY THOSE WHO FOUND THEMSELVES IN POSSESSION OF THE POWER OF TAKING THEM FROM OTHERS TO KEEP THOSE WHOM THEY HAD ROBBED IN PERPETUAL SUBJECTION AND THESE LATTER AS I HAVE ALREADY HINTED HAD NO CHANCE OF RESISTING THIS FEASTING AS LONG AS THEY WERE FEW AND SCATTERED AND CONSEQUENTLY COULD HAVE LITTLE SENSE OF THEIR COMMON OPPRESSION
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