f{"id":52066,"date":"2026-10-10T22:15:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T05:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=52066"},"modified":"2026-10-10T22:15:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T05:15:24","slug":"the-soul-of-man-under-socialism-by-oscar-wilde-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/10\/10\/the-soul-of-man-under-socialism-by-oscar-wilde-2\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Soul of Man under Socialism&#8221; by Oscar Wilde"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"breadcrumbs noprint\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"breadcrumb first\"><a title=\"Go to the Main page.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/\">Project Gutenberg<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumb next\"><a title=\"Start a new search.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/\">79,574 free eBooks<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumb next\"><a title=\"Find more eBooks by the same author.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/author\/111\">70 by Oscar Wilde<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page-body\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"cover-social-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"cover\"><a title=\"Read now!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/cache\/epub\/1017\/pg1017-images.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover-art\" title=\"Book Cover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/cache\/epub\/1017\/pg1017.cover.medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"qr\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tabs-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"tabs\">\n<div id=\"download\">\n<div class=\"summary-text-container\"><span class=\"readmore-container\">&#8220;The Soul of Man under Socialism&#8221; by Oscar Wilde is an essay published in 1891. Wilde presents a libertarian socialist vision that challenges conventional charity and capitalism. He argues that poverty prevents people from realizing their true potential and that well-meaning altruism only prolongs suffering by addressing symptoms rather than causes. Wilde advocates for a socialist society that abolishes private property, freeing individuals from material concerns to pursue creative self-development and artistic <label for=\"toggle\"><span class=\"readmoredots\">&#8230; <\/span><\/label><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"summary-text-container\"><span class=\"readmore-container\"><label for=\"toggle\"><span class=\"readmore\">Read more: \u00a0<\/span><\/label><\/span><a class=\"read-online-button\" title=\"Read this book online now\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/cache\/epub\/1017\/pg1017-images.html\">Read online now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project Gutenberg 79,574 free eBooks 70 by Oscar Wilde &#8220;The Soul of Man under Socialism&#8221; by Oscar Wilde is an essay published in 1891. Wilde presents a libertarian socialist vision that challenges conventional charity and capitalism. He argues that poverty prevents people from realizing their true potential and that well-meaning&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/10\/10\/the-soul-of-man-under-socialism-by-oscar-wilde-2\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1968],"tags":[2521],"class_list":["post-52066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-socialism","tag-oscar-wilde"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52067,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52066\/revisions\/52067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}