it only does so, in, the long run, to its detriment as a wealth-producing class, it is evident that its contribution towards the maintenance of the executive committee of the propertied classes must be of another character to that of its masters. Whether the workers continue to pay taxes, and hence to make a nominal contribution in this way to its revenues, or whether they secure the abolition of all burdens on their means of subsistence, their support of the State will, in the last analysis, remain the same. The working class produces the surplus values which the propertied classes annex, and out of which they devote a portion to the upkeep of their executive committee, the State. The workers' power, their political power, depends on their ability or inability to withhold their labour-power. If they can do that then they can capture the whole machinery of Government. But as their aim is to hold and to administer the means of social production which they themselves operate, and not to use their power to exploit others, they will no longer require to maintain the organ of class rule, the executive committee of an order of property owners, and can set to work to demolish it, substituting for it their Council of Workers' Committees whose business it will be to organise the production and circulation of goods and services.
In order to be in a position to achieve this revolutionary aim the workers must set themselves forthwith to forge the terrific weapon of industrial action—or, to be precise, inaction—and they must, as they become conscious of their purpose and power, consider and adopt such methods as will, at one and the same time, arouse their fellows, prepare them for the final struggle, and make ready the appropriate institutions by means of which they will organize the system of production which their political triumph will place within their grasp. Not only must Socialists be morally and intellectually convinced that Capitalism is "useless, dangerous, and ought to be abolished," and have ideas as to how that abolition is to be brought about, but they must discover the ways in which to bring their fellow workers to the same frame of mind and point of view. This cannot be done either by striking the heart-strings or by the most logical presentation of facts and theories. It can only be achieved by giving to the workers continuous experience of the manner in which Capitalism handles a rebellious working-class, applies its vaunted patriotism and public spirit, and
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