could there be than the imperialist Dyoicil. system of exploitation of the majority of the coununc ote worla Dy states șuch as the UȘ or Britain? It is worth quoting on that the theses on the colonial question of the Second Congress of the Communist 'An abstract or formal equality in particular is in the very nature of bourgeois democracy. Under the guise of the equality of the individual in general, bourgeols democracv pro claims the formal or legal equality the property owner and the proletarian, the exploiter and the exploited.' Socialists in the iniculauona Culauona also: 'must base themselves on an equally clear distinction between the oppressed, dependent and subject nations and the oppressing; exploiting and sovereign nations' In reality in the pursuit of 'equality' rowilere Is this more applicable than in the international field - in LIIC struggle against imperialism. Equal Similarly, in the field of economic exploitation Hattersley puts forward an extraordinary position. Talking of equality he claims: 'The same rule applies in the labour wnere cula denends or the com. bination of working men women to Cicalt countervailing force to the strength of even a single chue over.
But this is not 'equality' at all. That is simply the rignt ot a trade union to limit decisions that are not taken by employees at all but by capital.
This takes us to the core of the issue. Marx made the point that inequalities in usLaDuLon. wuchs widl Hattersley deals with, are a product of 'inequalities' in production: 'Distribution MOs superficial interpretation of But DIOULCLS UCIUI C distribution becomes distribution of products, it distribution of the means of production ... It s cvuent a une dsmou. tion of products is merely LccuL s SuRou tion, which is comprised in the production process anc determines the structure of production. It ls capital. private ownership of the means production, which constantly generates inequality in income.
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As the second congress ot the Communist Interna. tional put it: 'The real of classes' something theory of SOCaS Hu the of the It cluse Wal private imperialist Lavilal.
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