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Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

Upton Sinclair

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Upton Sinclair
Age: 90 †
Born: 1878
Born: September 20
Died: 1968
Died: November 25
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Dietitian
Film Producer
Journalist
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Opinion Journalist
Playwright
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Baltimore
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Upton Beall Sinclair
Clarke Fitch
Frederick Garrison
Arthur Stirling
Upton Sinclair Jr.
Fascism
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Murder
Capitalism

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