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Offline Machiavelli

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America's Socialist Origins
« on: March 21, 2016, 09:19:13 pm »
Larry Schweikart
Prager University
March 21, 2016

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Was America once socialist? Surprisingly, yes. The early settlers who arrived at Plymouth and Jamestown in the early 1600s experimented with socialist communes. Did it work? History professor Larry Schweikart of the University of Dayton shares the fascinating story.
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Re: America's Socialist Origins
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2016, 09:47:57 pm »
 
No... it didn't work then either...


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