Put simply: the new, historic conditions of the war eff ort and the interwar period allowed citizens, especially those in the working class, to see that society could be diff erent. Th e selfrationalizations of the system were breaking down, and with their deterioration came proposals for radical alternatives that could overcome them. … In aggregate, these workers demanded an overhaul of their economies, a replacement for the capitalist industrial system that moved toward a new social order in which associations of workers would control industries, either partially or completely. … In this sense, emancipated work would replace capitalist exploitation, and public service and production for use would replace production for profi t.

Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, loc. 112