| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 752 |
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| Chapter | -- |
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These people do absolutely nothing except devour or enjoy the things produced by the labours of others. `Our next division represents those who do work of a kind - "mental" work if you like to call it so - work that benefits themselves and harms other people. Employers - or rather Exploiters of Labour; Thieves, Swindlers, Pickpockets; profit seeking share-holders; burglars; Bishops; Financiers; Capitalists, and those persons humorously called "Ministers" of religion. If you remember that the word "minister" means "servant" you will be able to see the joke. `None of these people produce anything themselves, but by means of cunning and scheming they contrive between them to obtain possession of a very large portion of the things produced by the labour of others. |
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