
Understanding Socialism: Part Two. The Seeds of Socialism.
Unf*cking The Republic
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The Enlightenment and the New World
Prior to the Enlightenment, feudal structures dominated the landscape of empires and nation states. A newly formed intellectual class was beginning to think differently about how to organize society. The French Revolution is sometimes tied to the birth of modern socialism but I see it more as a cousin than a parent.
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