We contend that it was the origin of the capitalist and moneyed interest government, destined finally to swallow up all other powers in the State, and to bring about the most selfish, exacting, and unfeeling class despotism.

— George Fitzhugh Cannibals All!, or Slaves Without Masters (1857)

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