Capitalism on Two Fields.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 39, 1 December 1911, Page 9

Capitalism on Two Fields.

On the Economic Field, the capitalists divide the working-class f.nd hare them fight one anothar; and thus the capitalist class are easily able to defeat and, fleece the workers all the time everywhere. The workers, having no part in the ownership of the means of production, and being thus divorced from a, commanding relation to the economic foundations cf society, craftily fooled with false teaching cf "capi-taJ-and-labor-harmony -of - interests," sore and lramble with disappointment, whipped with the lash of hunger, stung to desperation, confused and traduced by bribed pets, spies and traitors —the workers angrily, blindly, split up into jealous groups, shamefully, turn against on© another, desert one another—defeat 07ie another. Moreover, one part of the working-class is flattered and cheaply bribed into volunteering to organise and arm themselves and'proudly stand guard over their brothers and against their brothers, and thus the workers spy and inform on one another, arrest one another, jail ono another. "Mill pen, 5, one another, bayonet one another, and shoot one another —under the capitalist, system—the present classlabor system. T.he vrarking-class, of course, are thus easily defeated and robbed ,industrially. The busy human bees sting themselves —aiul lo.se the honey of their own industry. And all this is entirely satisfactory to the industrial masters- —crreat and small. The rulers rule. ' On the Political Field, the capitalist class divide the working-class into two or more groups, and have them politi-

Kirkpatlick's View of the Procedure.

cally antagonise themselves, have all the workers all the time politically] sting and defeat one another—that is,< have them cancel the political class--power of the working-clasj. : One part of the working-class vote one capitalist class party ticket, another part of the working-class vote an.« other capitalist class party ticket, another another, and so on. Thus millions*' of the confused worki.ig-clis9 politically defeat the working-class and polically support their industrial masters by* politically supporting political parties (variously and craftily labelled),, which unanimously stand for the capi* talist system. Thus the confused working-class are* easily-defeated politically, which males' it .far easier to rob them industrially., By electing to political power any! political party standing for any form" of the , capitalist class-labor system, th-af working-class give the capitalist class complete control, not only of all the political institutions, but also of all other institutions useable by a class ir» l self-defence; because the control of political institutions carries with it th 3 legal right to control all other institutions.' In this political confusion, division and eclipse, the working-class arc , as helpless as sheep,, and, like sheep, are shorn by their political and indug-* trial shepherds. And this is eifctirely satisfict-> *y to the masters of :jv« chistry—both great and- small. Th« rulers rule. We must learn this: Everywhere, always and under all circumstances the working-class must stand together ia the lise of all forms of power we -have? in defence of our class.