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As for me, you wonder why i am a socialist. i'll tell you. it is because socialism is inevitable; because the present rotten and irrational system cannot endure; because the day is past for your man on horseback. the slaves won't stand for it. they are too many, and willy-nilly they'll drag down the would-be equestrian before he gets astride. you can't get away from them, and you'll have to swallow the whole slave-morality. it's not a nice mess, i'll allow. but it's been a-brewing and swallow it you must.
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As For Me, You Wonder Why I

Jack London
As for me, you wonder why i am a socialist. i'll tell you. it is because socialism is inevitable; because the present rotten and irrational system cannot endure; because the day is past for your man on horseback. the slaves won't stand for it. they are too many, and willy-nilly they'll drag down the would-be equestrian before he gets astride. you can't get away from them, and you'll have to swallow the whole slave-morality. it's not a nice mess, i'll allow. but it's been a-brewing and swallow it you must.
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