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Erich Fromm

Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality.

Erich Fromm

Equality

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Fromm is saying that just like factories make identical products to fit mass production, society tries to make people similar to fit social systems. This process of making people alike is what he means by equality.

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