William Henry Van Ornum, "Co-operation" (1894)

Here's an excerpt from Ross' book:

"If the great factory, that is to say, the earth, and all the secondary factories which are found there, are shared in common, if work is done by all and the quantity and quality of what is produced result precisely from the solidarity of effort, to whom must it legitimately belong if not to the whole indivisible workforce? What rule could guide the accountants who work out the shares and enable them to recognize what should be assigned to each individual from the manna produced by the labor of the whole of humanity, including previous generations? … What is true and just is that the products resulting from the labor of all belong to all, and that each should freely take his share to consume as he pleases, without any other rule than that arising from the solidarity of interests and the mutual respect of associates. It would be absurd, moreover, to fear scarcity, since the enormous loss of products caused by the current wastefulness of commerce and private appropriation will have finally come to an end … Fear is always a bad advisor. Let us not be afraid to call ourselves communists, because that is what we are in reality." - “Le congrès de la Fédération jurassienne de 1880”, page 341-2.

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