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    "The history of socialism, sometimes termed 'modern socialism',[1] finds its origins in the French Revolution of 1789 and the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution, although it has precedents in earlier movements and ideas."

    The first sentence of your link, blue. I forgot that we are focusing on semantics here though. Please continue.

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    • "Finds it's origins" moron. The US democracy found it's origins in ancient greece.TheBlueOne
    • You wanna ask Aristotle what he thought of the American revolution?TheBlueOne
    • If the term "socialism" didn't exist until 1834, how did you want the founders to discuss "socialism"...TheBlueOne
    • ..and considering the French Revolution came after the 1787 ratification of the US constitution...TheBlueOne
    • ..I wonder how they discussed the origins of socialism in 1789...per your nice amart ass attempt to correct meTheBlueOne
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