 But by mid-1933 he saw the property rights of the “ small trader and farmer ” as a “ chance to perform a social function ” .(p318) Niebuhr grew up in close-knit German-American communities and thus understood socialism “ as a protest against radical individualism ” .(p318) In 1935 Niebuhr wrote that capitalism was doomed, that “social ownership” was the only basis of “ health and justice ” , and that “social struggle” was necessary.
<fluency>  But by mid-1933 he saw the property rights of the “ small trader and farmer ” as a “ chance to perform a social function ” .(p318) Niebuhr grew up in close-knit German-American communities and thus understood socialism “ as a protest against radical individualism ” .(p318) In 1935 Niebuhr wrote that capitalism was doomed, that “social ownership” was the only basis of “ health and justice ” , and that “social struggle” was necessary.
 But by mid-1933 he saw the property rights of the “ small trader and farmer ” as a “ chance to perform a social function ” .(p318) Niebuhr grew up in close-knit German-American communities and thus understood socialism “ as a protest against radical individualism " .(p318) In 1935 Niebuhr wrote that capitalism was doomed, that “social ownership” was the only basis of “ health and justice ” , and that “social struggle” was necessary.