se confondre

Si la bourgeoisie ascendante a paru affranchir l'économie de l'Etat, c'est seulement dans la mesure où l'Etat ancien se confondait avec l'instrument d'une oppression de classe dans une économie statique.
If the rising bourgeoisie seemed to liberate the economy from the State, this took place only to the extent that the former State was an instrument of class oppression in a static economy.
En tout cas, la possibilité d’un tel travail forcé, conçu comme une atteinte à la liberté, même s’il ne se confondait pas du tout avec l’esclavage, existait légalement.
In any case, the possibility of such forced work, conceived as a violation of freedom, existed legally, even if it was not to be confused entirely with slavery.
Comme si tout se confondait, le ciel, la Terre...
As if all things got mixed up, the sky, the earth...
se confondait étroitement l'intérêt de l'ouvrier et du capital !
In which the interests of the workers and that of capital combined!
Cinq milles la séparaient encore, et son rivage se confondait avec les eaux brumeuses.
Five miles still separated it from us, and its beach merged with the misty waters.
Tout se confondait.
I couldn't tell the difference.
Au contraire, le réel, à cette époque où il se confondait avec la nature, se caractérisait de ne pas surprendre.
By contrast, the real, in this epoch where it was confused with nature, was characterised by not surprising.
Les cheveux en bataille et la barbe longue, il s’habillait pauvrement et se confondait avec les gens, dans la rue.
With unkempt hair and a long beard, he dressed poorly and was confused with the street people.
La pollution atmosphérique, avant, c'était la rue ; elle se confondait avec la rue. Aujourd'hui, à grande échelle, c'est toute la planète, et, à petite échelle, ce peut même être notre maison.
Previously, atmospheric pollution used to be associated with roads and traffic. Today, however, on a large scale, it refers to the whole world, and on a small scale, it even means the house we live in.
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