"Post-materialism": 1796, 1840s, 1970s, and today
“Let all the arts perish”, declared the first communist manifesto of relatively modern times, written by Sylvain Maréchal for the Conspiracy of Equals in France in 1796. “If need be”, he added, “as long as real equality remains!” With productive capacities as they were then, a meagre and uniform ration for all seemed to him the only answer. “But one education, but one nourishment... the same portion and the same quality of food... for each”.
Source: workersliberty.org
