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In proportion as the exploitation of one individual by another is

put an end to, the exploitation of one nation by another will

also be put an end to. In proportion as the antagonism between

classes within the nation vanishes, the hostility of one nation

to another will come to an end.

The charges against Communism made from a religious, a

philosophical, and, generally, from an ideological standpoint,

are not deserving of serious examination.

Does it require deep intuition to comprehend that man's ideas,

views and conceptions, in one word, man's consciousness, changes

with every change in the conditions of his material existence, in

his social relations and in his social life?

What else does the history of ideas prove, than that intellectual

production changes its character in proportion as material

production is changed? The ruling ideas of each age have ever

been the ideas of its ruling class.