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Icarians logo #21000 The Icarians z were a French-based utopian socialist movement, established by the inspired readers of the politician, journalist, and author Étienne Cabet. In an attempt to put his economic and social theories into practice, Cabet led his followers to the United States of America in 1848. In America the Icarians established a series of egalitaria...
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Icarians logo #21217The Icarians were followers of the 19th-century French social reformer Etienne Cabet, whose book 'Voyage en Icarie' published in 1840 describes his idea of a perfect commonwealth. Influenced by the British social reformer Robert Owen, Cabet wrote that this ideal community would have progressive taxation and compulsory work. Moreover, all property w...
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