thoughfactoryworkisderivative，whileagriculturalworkisfundamental，andwithoutitnofactorycouldexist—yeteconomicscienceaffirmsthatallthecountrypeoplenotonlyarenotinjuredbythetransitionfromthecountrytothetown，butthemselvesdesireitandstrivetowardsit。TheSlaveryofOurTimes——Ch5——LeoTolstoyFromTheSlaveryofOurTimesbyLeoTolstoyCHAPTERV。
WHYLEARNEDECONOMISTSASSERTWHATISFALSE
HOWEVERobviouslyunjustmayhetheassertionofthemenofsciencethatthewelfareofhumanitymustconsistintheverythingthatisprofoundlyrepulsivetohumanfeelings—inmonotonous，enforcedfactorylabor—themenofsciencewereinevitablyledtothenecessityofmakingthisobviouslyunjustassertion，justasthetheologiansofoldwereinevitablyledtomaketheequallyevidentunjustassertionthatslavesandtheirmasterswerecreaturesdifferinginkind，andthattheinequalityoftheirpositioninthisworldwouldbecompensatedinthenext。
Thecauseofthisevidentlyunjustassertionisthatthosewhohaveformulated，andwhoareformulating，thelawsofsciencebelongtothewell—to—doclasses，andaresoaccustomedtotheconditions，advantageousforthemselves，amongwhichtheylive，thattheydonotadmitthethoughtthatsocietycouldexistunderotherconditions。
Theconditionoflifetowhichpeopleofthewell—to—doclassesareaccustomedisthatofanabundantproductionofvariousarticlesnecessaryfortheircomfortandpleasure，andthesethingsareobtainedonlythankstotheexistenceoffactoriesandworksorganisedasatpresent。