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  1. What took place, especially under the progressives, was to replace individualism with collectivism. What I have found, is that collectivism, as we know it, started with Saint-Simonianism during the first half of the 19th century in France. Here, he grouped all labor together, "a union of men," and from that time on, the socialists have divided the public into more and more groups or classes "for the greater good." Marx, and many others, used Saint-Simonianism as the basis for their theories. This division, or class or caste structure, is what causes the hate and discontent. "Saint Simon's conceptual recognition of broad socio-economic contribution, and his Enlightenment valorization of scientific knowledge, soon inspired and influenced utopian socialism, liberal political theorist John Stuart Mill, anarchism through its founder Pierre-Joseph Proudhon who was inspired by Saint-Simon's thought and Marxism with Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels identifying Saint-Simon as an inspiration to their ideas and classifying him among the utopian socialists. Saint-Simon's views also influenced 20th century sociologist and economist Thorstein Veblen, including Veblen's creation of institutional economics that has included prominent economists as adherents."
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