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The Soul of Man under Socialism
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Oscar Wilde
The Soul of Man under Socialism is an essay by Oscar Wilde first published in the Fortnightly Review in 1891. It argues that abolishing private property could enable individual development, while warning that authoritarian socialism would create a new form of tyranny.
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