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The Soul of Man under Socialism is issued as a public brief against property-as-duty

In 1891 The Soul of Man under Socialism appeared as a public essay arguing that private property distorts both poor and rich. A public anti-property-distortion brief is an inequality path, not a party programme he administered. In the causal graph this event weakens the driver Income Inequality.

The Soul of Man under Socialism is issued as a public brief against property-as-duty

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In 1891 The Soul of Man under Socialism appeared as a public essay arguing that private property distorts both poor and rich.

Context

An essay is not a statute. Split 1881 luxury verse.

Oscar Wilde’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Why it matters

A public anti-property-distortion brief is an inequality path, not a party programme he administered.

1891 is not 1882’s paying tour.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Oscar Wilde

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.55 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactThe Soul of Man under Socialism is issued as a public brief against property-as-duty
    2. weakensDriverIncome Inequality

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 February 1891 · verified

    A public anti-property-distortion brief is an inequality path, not a party programme he administered.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.The Soul of Man under Socialism — public-domain EnglishProject Gutenberg · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Oscar WildeEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Gutenberg’s essay and Britannica independently date the 1891 Fortnightly/public essay.

Established: 1891 public essay. Not established: a unique Gini series.

Contribution type is direct.

Later museums, UNESCO listings, Loeb reprints, and 2024–2025 COP or NATO rows are not this event. Responsibility 0.55 and influence 0.55 bound the path; they are not a personality score. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here. Readers should open both named URLs.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorOscar Wilde
  2. contributed toFactThe Soul of Man under Socialism is issued as a public brief against property-as-duty
  3. weakensDriverIncome Inequality

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Factrail. (2026). The Soul of Man under Socialism is issued as a public brief against property-as-duty. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-soul-of-man-1891

https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-soul-of-man-1891

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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