I get the whole 'woman bad' shtick and it can be kind of amusing at times but this is just flat out wrong on a historical basis. the idea of a classless, egalitarian society first emerged in Ancient Greece, mostly attributed to Plato. The 5th-century Islamic Mazdak movement in Persia (modern-day Iran) has been described as communisms "first attempt" or proto-Communism for challenging the enormous privileges of the noble classes and the clergy; for criticizing the institution of private property; and for striving to create an egalitarian society. At one time or another, various small pseudo communist communities existed, generally under the inspiration of religious ideals and scripture. In the early 19th century, various social reformers founded communities based on common ownership. Unlike many previous communist communities, they replaced the religious emphasis with a rational and philanthropic basis. Notable among them were Robert Owen, who founded New Harmony, Indiana, in 1825, and Charles Fourier, whose followers organized other settlements in the United States such as Brook Farm in 1841. In its modern form, communism grew out of the socialist movement in 19th-century Europe. As the Industrial Revolution advanced, socialist critics blamed capitalism for the misery of the proletariat—a new class of urban factory workers who labored under often-hazardous conditions. Foremost among these critics were Karl Marx and his associate Friedrich Engels. In 1848, Marx and Engels offered a new definition of communism and popularized the term in their famous pamphlet The Communist Manifesto.