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1
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why did socialism develop and what was the appeal

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  • first used during industrial revolution
  • appealed to people wanting to end ecumenic injustice
  • intellectuals disliked the new rise to power of a money driven economy
2
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utopian socialists

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the stressed communitarian ideals on a local level after liberalism and industrialization failed

3
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scientific socialists/marxists

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stressed how class conflict would ultimately lead to a social revolution on a world wide scale

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Marxism

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  • the key relationship was between classes
  • all factory workers should be in the same class
  • he said the motor of history was class conflict
  • he predicted that once 80-90% of society became workers, the revolution would begin
  • also thought police were protecting rich from the poor
5
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Marx the scholar

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  • evaluates the incipient capitalism of his day

- makes predictions about the future

6
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Marx the activist

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-the philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways, the point is to change it

7
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Marx good at

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  • pointing out the unethical aspects of capitalism
  • threatening those in power do things they wouldn’t normally do
  • encouraging academics
8
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Marx bad at

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  • providing accurate predictions
  • estimating working class unity
  • providing alternatives to the profit motive
9
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social democracies

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societies where socialism and capitalism have been blended