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The Fate of Social Democracy in the Neoliberal Era

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to Feudalism rings in Capitalism, resulting in oppression B. Communism and Socialism as a purported cure, and failure of the cure C. The ringing in of Neoliberalism as the final  cure III. Neoliberalism A. Bio of founders North and Fogel, intent to redefine social structures in economic and quantitative terms B. Macroeconomic view and illustration of application C. Microeconomic view  and illustration of application IV. Disagreement and Contrasting Views V. Prediction of Use in Future  Both the social democratic and communist wings of the socialist movement attempted to change society by working to save the oppressed from a capitalist state. Socialism failed because those who  implemented it used it to gain power rather than correct societal ills, which Marx viewed as the problem of capitalism. Capitalism is also falling prey to the very thing Marx  said would happen -- the need for power by the few would drive a wedge between the people and government. The theory behind this wedge is neoliberalism. Marx predicted this  wedge would lead to failure of the system because the social infrastructure would be destroyed, and he is not far off his mark.  The student may want to state that the roots of democratic socialism and communism were foreshadowed as early as 1789 when France broke with medievalism and legislated the formal abolition  of feudalism, bringing economic entities into play. These capitalist states suffered from an unequal distribution of wealth and became the targets of revolution. Such an uprising occurred in 1871 when  reformers set up their own community known as the "Commune of Paris"1. The Commune offered something novel, socialism, a concept based in the egalitarian economic and social principals of a