Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mienzaniso yemaSocialist nepfungwa dzinotsigira kuva zvinhu zvevanhu vose kana kuti zvevoruzhinji zvave zviripo kubvira kare. Hupfumi hwezana ramakore rechitatu BCE Mauryan Humambo hweIndia, humambo hwakakwana, hwakatsanangurwa nedzimwe nyanzvi se "humambo hwevanhu" uye "rudzi rwehurumende yehurumende" nekuda kwe "kuitwa nyika kwemaindasitiri". Dzimwe nyanzvi dzakaratidza kuti zvinhu zvemafungiro echiSocialist zvaivapo mune zvematongerwe enyika zvavazivi vechiGiriki vekare Plato naAristotle. Mazdak Muduku (akafa c. 524 kana kuti 528 C.E.), muproto-socialist womunzanga yePersia, akatanga zvinhu zvomunzanga uye akatsigira zvakanaka zvavose. Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, muShamwari yaMuhammad, anozivikanwa nevanyori vakawanda somunhu mukuru anotangira chiIslam chezvematongerwe enyika. Dzidziso dzaJesu dzinowanzotsanangurwa seyezvematongerwe enyika, kunyanya nevaKristu vezvematongerwe enyika. zvinyorwa kuti mukereke yekutanga muJerusarema "[n] e munhu akataura kuti chero chinhu chavo chaive chavo", kunyangwe maitiro acho achinyangarika kubva munhoroondo yekereke kunze kwekunge mukati memamongi. ChiKristu cheSocialism chakanga chiri chimwe chezvinhu zvakatanga zveBritish Labour Party uye inonzi inotanga ne
kumukira kwaWat Tyler naJohn Ball muzana ramakore rechi14 C.E. Mushure meRevolution yeFrance, varwiri vezvematongerwo enyika uye vafungidziri vakaita saFrançois-Noël Babeuf, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, Philippe Buonarroti naAuguste Blanqui vakakurudzira vashandi veFrance vekutanga uye vezvematongerwo enyika. MuBritain, Thomas Paine akakarakadza gadziriro yakadzama yokubhadharisa varidzi venzvimbo mutero kuti vabhadhare zvinodikanwa zvavarombo mu"Agrarian Justice" nepo Charles Hall akanyora "The Effects of Civilization on the People in European States", achishora migumisiro yekusimudzira upfumi pavarombo venguva yake. Iri basa rakapesvedzera zvirongwa zvoutopia zvaThomas Spence.