socialists wanted “ownership of the trust by the government, and the ownership of the government by the people.
Perhaps why they were so unpopular...because trusting the government was not something very popular at that time...
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Karl Marx had described the new industrial economy as a worldwide class struggle between the wealthy “bourgeoisie,” who owned the means of production, such as factories and farms, and the “proletariat,” factory workers and tenant farmers who worked only for the wealth of others.
And this still exists today on some level!
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Nearly 100 Americans died in “The Great Upheaval.” Workers destroyed nearly $40 million worth of property. The strike galvanized the country. It convinced laborers of the need for institutionalized unions, persuaded businesses of the need for even greater political influence and government aid, and foretold a half-century of labor conflict in the United States
It is equally sad and inspiring that so many other American workers fought for what they believed in, so much so that they literally died in hopes that future generations may work towards equality and fair working conditions.
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