Butthemachinetechnologynotonlytrainstheworkmenintomaterialisticiconoclasm，ithasalsoaselectiveeffect。Personsendowedwithpropensitiesandaptitudesofamaterialistic，matter-of-factkindaredraftedintothemechanicalemployments，andsucharealsopeculiarlyavailablesocialisticmaterial。
Aptitudeforthematter-of-factworkofthemachinetechnologymeans，inageneralway，ineptitudeforanuncriticalacceptanceofinstitutionaltruths，Itisprobable，therefore，thattheapparentfacilitywithwhichthemechanicalemploymentsandthematerialsciencesinduceasocialisticoriconoclasticbentistobesetdowninparttothefactthatthehumanmaterialintheseemploymentsispickedmaterial，peculiarlyamenabletothisdiscipline。Thereisasiftingoftheworkingclasses，wherebythesocialisticandmechanicallycapableareroughlysegregatedoutfromtherestandsubjectedtotheiconoclasticdisciplineofthemechanicalemploymentsandmatter-of-factthinking；whiletheresidue，whichisonthewholemadeupofthepersonsthatarerelativelyleastcapableofrevolutionarysocialism，isatthesametimelessexposedtothedisciplinethatmightfitthemforthesocialisticmovement。Thissiftingis，ofcourse，aroughone，andleavesmanyexceptionsbothways。
Inthelightofthisconsideration，then，itistobenoted:
1thatthedominanceofthemachineprocessinmodernindustryisnotsopotentafactorfortheinculcationofsocialisticnotions-itdoesnotsoirresistiblyshapemen’shabitofmindinthesocialisticsense-asthefirstsurveyofthefactswouldsuggest；and2thatthedifferentiationofoccupationsinvolvedinmodernindustrialmethodsselectivelybunchesthesocialisticelementstogether，andsoheightenstheirsenseofclasssolidarityandactstoaccentuatetheirbias，givesconsistencytotheirideals，andinducesthatboldnessofconvictionandactionwhichistobehadonlyinacompactbodyofmen。
Butineithercase，whetherthevisibleoutcomeischieflyduetotheirselectiveortotheirdisciplinaryeffect，thebearingoftheindustrialoccupationsuponthegrowthofsocialismseemsequallycloseandundeniable。Thetwomodesofinfluenceseemtoconvergetotheoutcomeindicatedabove，andforthepurposeofthepresentinquiryadetailedtracingoutofthetwostrandsofsequenceinthecaseneithercannorneedbeundertaken。25*