Therefore they will submit tamely to the extinction of the greater number of their kind.
'As we have seen, a great deal of the work which was formerly done by human beings is now being done by machinery.

This machinery belongs to a few people: it is worked for the benefit of those few, just the same as were the human beings it displaced.

These Few have no longer any need of the services of so many human workers, so they propose to exterminate them! The unnecessary human beings are to be allowed to starve to death! And they are also to be taught that it is wrong to marry and breed children, because the Sacred Few do not require so many people to work for them as before!' 'Yes, and you'll never be able to prevent it, mate!' shouted Crass.
'Why can't we ?' 'Because it can't be done!' cried Crass fiercely.

'It's impossible!' 'You're always sayin' that everything's all wrong,' complained Harlow, 'but why the 'ell don't you tell us 'ow they're goin' to be put right ?' 'It doesn't seem to me as if any of you really wish to know.

I believe that even if it were proved that it could be done, most of you would be sorry and would do all you could to prevent it.' ''E don't know 'isself,' sneered Crass.