| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 773 |
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than any of the other loafers in that division; neither are they of any more use. Of course, when we consider them in relation to the amount they consume of the things produced by others, they are not so harmful as the other loafers, because they consume comparatively little. But all the same they are in their right place in that division. All those people don't get the same share. The section represents not individuals - but the loafer class.' `But I thought you said you was goin' to prove that money was the cause of poverty,' said Easton. `So it is,' said Owen. `Can't you see that it's money that's caused all these people to lose sight of the true purpose of labour - the production of the things we need? All these people are suffering from the delusion that it doesn't matter what kind of work they do - or whether they merely do nothing - so long as they get MONEY for doing it. Under the present |
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