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I don't knolw. Comunnist societies existed before Marx was born. I always refer to "The Derserted Village." 1770. The Theory of Moral Sentiments was written in 1759 and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations in 1776.

I grew up ten miles from Wampum, Pa..... and about 15 miles from Old Harmony. Wampum was the means of exchange.... Old Harmony and Old Economy were communist towns.

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I wasn't talking about communist societies Daniel, I was talking about Marx's concepts of bourgeoisie and proletariat, Not communism

I know communism predates Marx, the Iroquois confederation was communist.

White kids that were kidnapped and adopted into the Iroquois didn't want to return and those that were forced to return often ran away to join the tribe.

I know that you know of Oneida dinner ware, it was produced by what was then a communist society.

Again I was not talking of communism. It seems that the mere mention of Marx evokes and image of communism, and that is the problem.

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