1. Origins of Democracy: Barrington Moore
., there are specific historical steps in which a societies history must follow to become a democratic, fascist, or communist society. ... To become a communist society, Moore's theory states that the bourgeois class must become very weak or disappear. ... He argues, however, that it does not become a communist society because there is still a free market system allowing the bourgeois to prosper. Without these specific changes in the classes, Moore argues that you cannot achieve the status of a democracy, fascist society, or communist society. ...
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