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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
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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..."
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"These are people who wanted total equality and democracy and freedom in the world, because they believe that is the will of God, okay?..."
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"So you have something called the Docinians. And what they argue for, this is basically a revolutionary party. They argue for the fall of..."
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"...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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Greek history begins with geography, but it ends here as a theory of abundance, blocked status, and pointless war: when the line stops moving, the young do not overthrow the old order directly.
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