Wszyscy tej samej wysokości! Historyczno-socjologiczny esej o realizacji idei egalitaryzmu
Everyone of the Same Height! A Historical-Sociological Essay on the Implementation of the Idea of Egalitarianism

Summary/Abstract: For centuries, inequalities between people were considered normal. The French Revolution was in favour of equality of all. It was not a completely consistent position. The idea of equality was betrayed in the areas of women’s rights, the preservation of slavery in the colonies and the preservation of the French colonies. The idea of equality was also abandoned in the matter of the mutual relationship between the people (nation) and the revolutionary elite, which was supposed to lead the people. The idea of equality of people before the law – even if poorly implemented – proved to be a lasting effect of the French Revolution. The idea of equality in other areas, particularly in the economy, was scarcely followed up anywhere. Later in history, the communist movement attached importance to equality of people and, in a sense, German fascism also paid attention to equality of German people. The systems born of these movements profoundly betrayed this idea. After the fall of European communism, the question of the scale of approved social inequalities remains valid.

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