Jiang calls the Peasants' War a proto-communist movement because peasants sought equality, democracy, and freedom as God's will before being massacred by aristocratic armies.
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Peasants War
Jiang calls the Peasants' War a proto-communist movement because peasants sought equality, democracy, and freedom as God's will before being massacred by aristocratic armies.
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"And as I mentioned, the first believers in the Protestant religion are actually townspeople. That's aspirational middle class. They want to be connected with..."
"...by the aristocratic armies, okay? All right, so this is the Peasants' War. And this is important, because eventually we will discuss communism. And..."
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