○  GeorgeBernardShaw  ○

   july26,1926
   oflateyearsthepublichavebeentryingtotacklemeineverywaytheypoiblycan,andfailingtomakeanythingofittheyhaveturnedtotreatingmeagreatman.thisisadreadfulfatetoover-takeanybody.therehasbeenadistinctattempttodoitagainnow,andforthatreasoniaolutelydeclinetosayanythingaboutthecelebrationofmyseventiethbirthday.butwhenthelaborparty,myoldfriendsthelaborparty,invitedmehereiknewthatlshouldbeallright.georgebernardshaw    now,however,wehavebuiltupacotitutionalparty.wehavebuiltituponasocialisticbasis.myfriend,mr.sidneywe,mr.macdonaldandmyselfsaiddefinitelyatthebegiingthatwhatwehadgottodowastomakethesocialistpartyacotitutionalpartytowhichanyreectablegod-fearingmancouldbelongwithouttheslightestcompromiseofhisreectability.wegotridofallthosetraditionalthatiswhygovernmentsinthepresentdayaremoreafraidofusthantheywereofanyoftheradicalpeople.
   ourpositionisaperfectlysimpleoneandwehavethegreatadvantageofunderstandingourposition.weoosesocialismtocapitalism.
   accordingtothecapitalists,therewillbeaguara11teetotheworldthateverymanintilecountrywouldgetajob.theydidn‘tcontenditwouldbeawell-paidjob,becauseifitwaswellpaidamanwouldsaveupenoughoneweektostopworkingthenextweek,andtheyweredeterminedtokeepamanworkingthewholetimeonabaresuistencewage-and,ontheotherhand,divideanaccumulationofcapita1.
   theysaidcapita1ismnotonlysecuredthisfortheworkingman,but,byiuringfabulouswealthinthehandsofasmallclaofpeople,theywouldsavemoneywhethertheylikeditornotandwouldhavetoinvestit.thatiscapitalism,andthisgovernmentisalwaysinterferingwithcapitalism.iteadofgivingamanajoborlettinghimstarvetheyaregivinghimdoles-aftermakingsurehehaspaidforthemfirst.theyaregivingcapitalistssuidiesandmakingallsortsofregulatiothatarebreakinguptheirownsystem.allthetimetheyaredoingit,andwearetelling

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