The Unauthorized History of Socialism
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The Unauthorized History of Socialism

2020
2 seasons
11 episodes

For 200 years history has largely revolved around a single idea that mankind would truly thrive only if property were shared by all. Bret Baier’s six-part documentary series traces the history of socialism man’s most ambitious attempt to supplant religion with a doctrine grounded on science.

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Socialism's singular idea: that mankind would truly thrive only if property were shared by all.

  • Ep 1

    1.From Indiana to Marx

    24-02-2020

    The first seeds of socialism are planted on the banks of Indiana's Wabash River, a utopian community designed by a social reformer who later inspired Karl Marx.

  • Ep 2

    2.Lenin's Bloody Revolution

    24-02-2020

    As Vladimir Lenin's brutal communist revolution transforms Russia, socialism stalls in the United States.

  • Ep 3

    3.China and Beyond

    24-02-2020

    Mao takes over China and socialism peaks worldwide with 60 percent of mankind living under some form of it.

  • Ep 4

    4.Other People's Money

    24-02-2020

    Poorer countries embrace socialism, while Margaret Thatcher tamps down British socialists.

  • Ep 5

    5.Epic Collapse

    24-02-2020

    The USSR implodes, China reforms and other countries embrace capitalism.

  • Ep 6

    6.Socialism Reborn?

    24-02-2020

    Socialism makes a surprising comeback across the world.

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