Early socialism did not negate capitalist society
Evidence
To accept the notion, so frequently put forth, that early socialist thought was the ideological and theoretical negation of capitalist society (industrial capitalism during the stages of competitive and monopoly capitalism) is to presume a historical relationship that is not in evidence. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 289
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Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims
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