| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 1334 |
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the necessaries of life are all produced by labour applied to the raw materials: the raw materials exist in abundance and there are plenty of people able and willing to work; but under present conditions no work can be done without money; and so we have the spectacle of a great army of people compelled to stand idle and starve by the side of the raw materials from which their labour could produce abundance of all the things they need - they are rendered helpless by the power of Money! Those who possess all the money say that the necessaries of life shall not be produced except for their profit.' `Yes! and you can't alter it,' said Crass, triumphantly. `It's always been like it, and it always will be like it.' `'Ear! 'Ear!' shouted the man behind the moat. `There's always been rich and poor in the world, and there always will be.' Several others expressed their |
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