--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozg...@...> wrote: > > The concept goes back much further probably to Greek > philosophers, etc. Maybe even back to the cave man eras > where tribes of humans determined that everything belong > to everyone in the tribe. Then some idiot came along > and decided he owned stuff and the devil was born. ;-)
And then there were the early Christiam communities: "There was not a needy person among them, for as many as owned lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold. They laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need. There was a Levite, a native of Cyprus, Joseph, to whom the apostles gave the name Barnabas (which means "son of encouragement"). He sold a field that belonged to him, then brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet." (Acts 4:34-37) > In the commentary of the movie "Sin Nombre" the director points out how > gangs are communist in nature: everything the gang has belongs to > everyone. The point was also made in this weeks season finale of "Sons > of Anarchy." > > ShempMcGurk wrote: > > Hmmm. Didn't the concept of socialism only come about AFTER Karl Marx's > > "Das Capitale"? And wasn't that around 1860 or something? If so, how could > > there have been any objection about socialism if the concept didn't exist > > until then? > >
