Before revision: Rather than seeking to mold individuals to fit the existing form of economic, political, and social life, as had been the traditional goal of the educational and what we today call the socialization process, Fourier believed that instead of the form of economic, political, and social life should itself be altered to fit the inherent passions of the individual, since these economic and social structures were manmade and not God-given.
After revision: Rather than seeking to mold individuals to fit the existing form economic, political, and social life, as had been the traditional goal of the educational and what we today call the socialization process, Fourier believed that instead of the form of economic, political, and social life should itself be altered to fit the inherent passions of the individual, since these economic and social structures were manmade and not God-given.