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John W. De Gruchy points out in his Christianity and Democracy <\/em> that nineteenth-century Anglican socialists were concerned equally for the possessive individualism of capitalism and liberal democracy, and the deletion of the individual in collectivism. <\/p>\n

De Gruchy summarizes the views of William Temple: \u201crespect for individual personality is the root of democracy, and the herd-instinct its greatest danger: an important reminder that the rejection of possessive individualism is not incompatible with respect for individual persons. If respect for the individual goes, organic societies degenerate into totalitarian Fascism.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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