THE_SOUL_OF_MAN_UNDER_SOCIALISM

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'''The Soul of Man under Socialism''' is an English essay by Oscar Wilde in which he expounds a libertarian socialist worldview.
In ''The Soul of Man'', Wilde argues that, under capitalism, "the majority of people spoil their lives by an unhealthy and exaggerated altruism—are forced, indeed, so to spoil them": instead of realizing their true talents, they waste their time solving the social problems caused by capitalism, without taking their common cause away. In a socialist society, people will have the possibility to realize their talents; "Socialism itself", Wilde writes, "will be of value simply because it will lead to Individualism."
In this work, Wilde also shows examples (in his characteristic paradoxical and witty style) of anarchistic views:

Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority.

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