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In the development of both capitalism and communism, as we visualize them in the next fifty or a hundred years, the processes that encourage human alienation will continue.

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Erich Fromm
Age: 79 †
Born: 1900
Born: March 23
Died: 1980
Died: March 18
Philosopher
Psychoanalyst
Psychologist
Sociologist
University Teacher
Writer
Frankfurt/Main
Years
Capitalism
Continue
Hundred
Visualize
Development
Alienation
Process
Processes
Next
Encourage
Human
Communism
Humans
Fifty

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