Lanky Wanker
26th September 2011, 23:40
I take it I'm misunderstanding something here:
Let the town apply itself, without loss of time, to manufacturing all that the peasant needs, instead of
fashioning geegaws for the wives of rich citizens. Let the sewing machines of Paris be set to work on clothes
for the country folk workaday clothes and clothes for Sunday too, instead of costly evening dresses for the
English and Russian landlords and the African gold−magnates' wives. Let the factories and foundries turn out
agricultural implements, spades, rakes, and such−like, instead of waiting till the English send them to France,
in exchange for French wines!
Let the towns send no more inspectors to the villages, wearing red, blue, or rainbow−coloured scarves, to
convey to the peasant orders to take his produce to this place or that, but let them send friendly embassies to
the countryfolk and bid them in brotherly fashion: “Bring us your produce, and take from our stores and shops
all the manufactured articles you please.”—Then provisions would pour in on every side. The peasant would
only withhold what he needed for his own use, and would send the rest into the cities, feeling for the first time
in the course of history that these toiling townsfolk were his comrades—his brethren, and not his exploiters.
Is the idea here to stop/reduce trade with other countries during the revolution then? Maybe I need to read on a bit, which I'm doing now, (or missed something) but the topic of trading with other countries during this kind of revolution is one thing that has been on my mind since I first heard the rough outline of the anarcho-communist revolution quite a while back. I'm not too clear on this bit and I'm quite retarded when it comes to anything beyond 2+2, so cheers for the help.
Let the town apply itself, without loss of time, to manufacturing all that the peasant needs, instead of
fashioning geegaws for the wives of rich citizens. Let the sewing machines of Paris be set to work on clothes
for the country folk workaday clothes and clothes for Sunday too, instead of costly evening dresses for the
English and Russian landlords and the African gold−magnates' wives. Let the factories and foundries turn out
agricultural implements, spades, rakes, and such−like, instead of waiting till the English send them to France,
in exchange for French wines!
Let the towns send no more inspectors to the villages, wearing red, blue, or rainbow−coloured scarves, to
convey to the peasant orders to take his produce to this place or that, but let them send friendly embassies to
the countryfolk and bid them in brotherly fashion: “Bring us your produce, and take from our stores and shops
all the manufactured articles you please.”—Then provisions would pour in on every side. The peasant would
only withhold what he needed for his own use, and would send the rest into the cities, feeling for the first time
in the course of history that these toiling townsfolk were his comrades—his brethren, and not his exploiters.
Is the idea here to stop/reduce trade with other countries during the revolution then? Maybe I need to read on a bit, which I'm doing now, (or missed something) but the topic of trading with other countries during this kind of revolution is one thing that has been on my mind since I first heard the rough outline of the anarcho-communist revolution quite a while back. I'm not too clear on this bit and I'm quite retarded when it comes to anything beyond 2+2, so cheers for the help.