Was Jesus a communist?

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18. This ties in well to something Workers Power is doing now........

at least the American section. We're updating the women's pamphlet for timing and culture (originally written in the late 90s for a British audience). The first chapter deals with the historical perspective of women in society and it talks about historic progression. I'll see if I can summerize and put it into this context.

The original social organization of human society were nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers. As the population grew and history progressed, it became a slave holding and owning society because this was a better organization for accumulation of material goods. Then on to feudalism and then capitalism. Jesus and his followers lived in the slave owning society. But it appears they rejected this society for the one that society was previously organized around. They were itinerate and nomadic, didn't own slaves, and kept their goods in common. All hallmarks of the previous organization. And although the "official" records don't show it, they were apparently fairly egalitarian as to gender roles which was ALSO a hallmark of the original societal organization of humanity. At least comparatively speaking they were egalitarian.

Rather than communist, I think it's fair to say that they were hankering for the "good old days" previous to the slave owning progression.