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Every Man a King is a political slogan popularized by populist Louisiana governor Huey P. Long.

The phrase is associated with the Share our Wealth movement during the Great Depression. Although sometimes called socialist by patriotic socialists, the movement was very much not and did not seek an end to capitalism.

The autobiography of Huey Long is also entitled Every Man a King.^[1]

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 '''Every Man a King''' is a political slogan popularized by populist Louisiana governor [[Huey P. Long]].
-The phrase is associated with the [[Share our Wealth]] movement during the [[Great Depression]]. The movement avoided explicit characterizations of socialism, but can be seen as adjacent to socialism due to its advocacy of the downward redistribution of wealth.
+The phrase is associated with the [[Share our Wealth]] movement during the [[Great Depression]]. Although sometimes called [[Socialism|socialist]] by [[Patriotic socialism|patriotic socialists]], the movement was very much not and did not seek an end to capitalism.
 The autobiography of Huey Long is also entitled Every Man a King.<ref>{{Citation|author=Huey Long, T. Harry Williams (Introduction)|title=Every Man A King: The Autobiography Of Huey P. Long|title-url=https://www.biblio.com/9780306806957}}</ref>