The Jesuit Origins of Communism: From Paraguay to Marx
The Claim That Historians Acknowledge Multiple historians, economists, and even Catholic sources have explicitly stated that the Jesuit Reductions in Paraguay were the prototype for modern communist and socialist systems. This isn't theory or hogwash. It's documented historical fact. What Historians Call the Jesuit Paraguay System "Socialist Theocracy" Academic paper (Springer) : "From 1609 to 1767 the Jesuits governed a 'socialist theocracy' in Paraguay" Catholic Encyclopedia : "The economic basis was a sort of communism" UNESCO World Heritage designation : Calls them "an experiment in socialist theocracy" Multiple German scholars (Eberhard Gothein, 1887): Der Christlichsoziale Staat der Jesuiten in Paraguay ("The Christian-Socialist State of the Jesuits in Paraguay") "Christian Communistic Republic" Paraguayan intellectual Blas Garay (1897): Wrote El comunismo de las Misiones de la Compañía de Je...