How was MacLean linked to socialism?
He was a political leader
He donated large sums of money
He abandoned religion for it
He wrote a popular socialist anthem
Answer
MacLean abandoned religion for socialism, saying that "The religion I abandoned was the religion of capitalism, the religion of the profit motive, the religion of private property and competition." He believed that the Church had been corrupted by the wealthy and that it was no longer a force for good in the world.
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