| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 779 |
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or give back - ALL their wages; but as the money they got as wages is not equal in value to the things they produced, they find that they are only able to buy back a VERY SMALL PART. So you see that these little discs of metal - this Money - is a device for enabling those who do not work to rob the workers of the greater part of the fruits of their toil.' The silence that ensued was broken by Crass. `It sounds very pretty,' he sneered, `but I can't make no 'ead or tail of it, meself.' `Look here!' cried Owen. `The producing class - these people in number four are supposed to be paid for their work. Their wages are supposed to be equal in value to their work. But it's not so. If it were, by spending all their wages, the producing class would be able to buy back |
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