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The Road to Serfdom Important People
Alexis de Tocqueville
De Tocqueville was a famous philosopher and writer of the 1800s. He strongly supports democracy and individual freedom. He is opposed to socialism because it restricts individual freedom.
Max Eastman
Eastman is a friend of Lenin. He describes Stalinism as more brutal than fascism and claims that Stalinism and socialism are one and the same.
Adam Smith
Smith is a 19th century British economist. Author of the Wealth of Nations, he is a strong promoter of laissez-faire economics and opposes socialism.
Karl Marx
Marx is a German philosopher and economist who is the author of Capital. The book is not a blueprint for socialism or communism; it is an analysis of capitalism. It looks at capitalism in terms of worker exploitation and profits going to a capitalist class that isn't entitled to them.
Adolph Hitler
Hitler is the fascist leader of Germany, which led to the conflict of World War II. Fascism also involved market planning and less...
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