HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Utopian Socialism, Eviction, Radicalization
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Sense of despair on part of poor. Apprenticeships loss of limbs extremely common starvation common. Diseases (factory fever) cholera: epidemics, no sanitary facilities. Overcrowding rise of charity and labour parties. Problem how to deal with it for poor life and death. Alienation from leadership of the country franchise extended in france. Problem had to be addressed liberals faced it most clearly but with typical confusion. Obligation and human nature to help liberals divided on franchise fear that voters would dispossess property owners through voting. Utopian socialists etc influential revolutionaries: louis august blanquis, professional" revolutionary, radicalized by 1830 revolutions, revolution = good violent= better, most of his life spent in jail, louis blanquis. Workers could not expect help from government. Ripe for influence of marxism: democratic socialism seen as dream, revolution glorified, radicalization of industrial trade unions. Liberalism: the person is an individual and the individual has rights, framework, individual liberties, equality before the law.
