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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Proto Communism
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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The Dolcinians are described as proto-communists who wanted to destroy church, feudal hierarchy, and the feudal order in favor of an egalitarian society.
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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..."
"These are people who wanted total equality and democracy and freedom in the world, because they believe that is the will of God, okay?..."
"So you have something called the Docinians. And what they argue for, this is basically a revolutionary party. They argue for the fall of..."
"...the helots, belonged to everyone. So it's basically like communism or proto -communism. They had no money system. They had no wealth. Everything belonged..."
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The Protestant Reformation begins as liberation from priest, pope, and ritual.
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