| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 742 |
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`These things being so, how comes this extraordinary result? How is it that the benefits of civilization are not produced in sufficient quantity to satisfy the needs of all? How is it that the majority of the people always have to go without most of the refinements, comforts, and pleasures of life, and very often without even the bare necessaries of existence? `Plenty of materials - Plenty of Labour - Plenty of Machinery - and, nearly everybody going short of nearly everything! `The cause of this extraordinary state of affairs is that although we possess the means of producing more than abundance for all, we also have an imbecile system of managing our affairs. |
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