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The origin of cooperative philosophy is found in the writings and activities of Robert Owen , Louis Blanc, Charles Fourier , and others. Its early character was revolutionary, but under the impact of such movements as Christian Socialism this aspect diminished. After some early 19th-century experiments, consumers' cooperation took permanent form with the establishment (1844) of the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers in England.

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