• AlexandairBabeuf [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    'redistribution' or 'common ownership' of women is possibly the oldest anti-egalitarian propaganda tactic out there.

    accusations of such have been leveled at every social justice movement since the MAZDAKITES in 6th century Iran.

    • wantonviolins [they/them]M
      ·
      4 years ago

      MAZDAKITES

      I had to look this up so I could stop imagining little cars being flown on string

      • AlexandairBabeuf [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Pourshariati's Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire has a great chapter, where she argues the 'common ownership' was bunkum made up to make the Mazdakites look evil. There are other interpretations tho