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Understanding Socialism

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The 1950s firing of teachers with known socialist sympathies had been an effective warning. — location: 229 ^ref-2125

somehow the fact is ignored that as capitalism emerged from feudalism in Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries, its advocates promised liberty, equality, fraternity, and democracy. When those promises failed to materialize, the disappointment and anger provoked many to become anti-capitalist and find their way to socialism in the 19th and 20th centuries. — location: 983 ^ref-64412