The expropriated peasantry are turned en masse into beggars, vagabonds, partly from inclination, in most cases from stress of circumstances. This is met with fierce legislation against vagrancy, by which means the vagabond population is subjected to the discipline necessary for the wage system.


p. 32 (Quotes are from Marx, Capital (1970), vol. 1, p. 737). - Capitalism and Modern Social Theory (1971)

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The expropriated peasantry are turned en masse into beggars, vagabonds, partly from inclination, in most cases from stress of circumstances. This is...

The expropriated peasantry are turned en masse into beggars, vagabonds, partly from inclination, in most cases from stress of circumstances. This is...

The expropriated peasantry are turned en masse into beggars, vagabonds, partly from inclination, in most cases from stress of circumstances. This is...

The expropriated peasantry are turned en masse into beggars, vagabonds, partly from inclination, in most cases from stress of circumstances. This is...