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bourgeois, becpyae of his dal nature, nay bs ugilizod by raaotton in its own ains It strivss to awaken in a bourgoois Snsttncts of a srall property pwner, to spread llusiona and hopes for peatoratton os hts proapcrity ds a.propcrty ounere. Fascton has shown thgt.monopoly oligue can in cortain condtttons attract arcil bourgeojste and uttlire it for roprtsala against democracy: It wds thus in Itcly and Gerrany. Eut Pcactsm glso proped to ha a bttter lesaon for srall bourgeotste dacatucd.by it In a contonporary situdticn, actual.contitions faotlitate Jor tha worktng pldsa ard conrunist parties tha atruggle for cttraoting snall bourgeottje into thc rankg oj the donocratio novanant. The attityde toiard deriocrapy and, tta future deattny Itkeiiae has becn substantialiy ohanged within the capitaltat lasg itsolf Honopoly.oirgles and thetr acconpliceg aae in denoorapy c surytusl of the past and an obutous burdon, they strtve to cnd up wfth denocracy which, cuen in tts bourgagts gociety. Howavers.another parb of bourggotste is not in the lcaat interasted in the eatatiiahnent of the dutocraoy op monopoltas thich bodes it nothing good. Lonopoly capytdl develops not only at the cmpanec of a merotlebs dzploitaticn of the working claea, pecganto and sntll oity bourgeotaio, but lirawiac, at the cxpense of absorptton or Iiguidation of a huge nunber of anall and middic capitaltat cntarpriaegs In spaahing of the sttuation tn which thoir ouncrs Pind thonselueg in tha era of nonopoiy capital, Lenrll pointa batwoon tho pnill gnd tho largo technically bachward and tachnically prggrasstve enterprygos. Beforo us ta the strangu throdoyow o nwgne ou opoia oy Jo ssrodouo ng uonnor its oppraaston, and tts arbitrarineas. Tho attaok of monopolieg against the middle atrata -of the bourgeoiate ts acconpanied by the intonsification of a political opprcsaton. Capttaltst realtty providea many Cxanplas of tho violattonof rightg and intcroats of the middle bourgeoiaie, and of.poroebtion of orgdntaatjonay partiea and tho prass whtoh defond tham.