I'm not sure that Lindsey's establishes an especially convincing connection between ancient Gnostic beliefs and Marxism.
Many parallels can be found certainly, but you can find some of those same underlying themes in examples such as Buddhism and the French revolution.
Those themes largely stemming from, guess what? Someone who thinks they have the right idea on how to address how much it sucks for people who are poor, and taking extra steps into moralizing it and "addressing" it. Sometime it's a coping mechanism adopted by the poor. Sometimes it's a subversive idea introduced by the upper classes to manipulate or quell rebellion. Other times it's just some ambitious activists who wants to flip the tables of power to their way of thinking.
And as for specific case examples where individuality, free speech, freedom to make your own decisions, freedom to own private property, etc? Those aren't just ideologically zany ideas from a bunch of cultists from thousands of years ago. They're measures commonly employed by those currently in power in order to get things to go their way with minimal resistance. It's always about power, manipulation, and control. And a whole lot of narcissism and ego.
The French Revolution was driven heavily by secret societies. This is where "the illuminatti" starts becoming very relevant. You can see the "all seeing eye" right on their Declaration of the Rights of Man. There's a reason that when Hitler invaded France one of their main jobs to prevent rebellion was capture all of the masonic temples. Asha Logos has a great episode on the French revolution.
I'm not sure that Lindsey's establishes an especially convincing connection between ancient Gnostic beliefs and Marxism.
Many parallels can be found certainly, but you can find some of those same underlying themes in examples such as Buddhism and the French revolution.
Those themes largely stemming from, guess what? Someone who thinks they have the right idea on how to address how much it sucks for people who are poor, and taking extra steps into moralizing it and "addressing" it. Sometime it's a coping mechanism adopted by the poor. Sometimes it's a subversive idea introduced by the upper classes to manipulate or quell rebellion. Other times it's just some ambitious activists who wants to flip the tables of power to their way of thinking.
And as for specific case examples where individuality, free speech, freedom to make your own decisions, freedom to own private property, etc? Those aren't just ideologically zany ideas from a bunch of cultists from thousands of years ago. They're measures commonly employed by those currently in power in order to get things to go their way with minimal resistance. It's always about power, manipulation, and control. And a whole lot of narcissism and ego.
The French Revolution absolutely was a proto communist movement. Complete with pogroms and state media.
The French Revolution was driven heavily by secret societies. This is where "the illuminatti" starts becoming very relevant. You can see the "all seeing eye" right on their Declaration of the Rights of Man. There's a reason that when Hitler invaded France one of their main jobs to prevent rebellion was capture all of the masonic temples. Asha Logos has a great episode on the French revolution.
Which takes us right back to the esoteric/secret cults originating from Gnosticism.