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Communist society. The question was whe<strong>the</strong>r with <strong>the</strong><br />
political fortunes of <strong>the</strong> hour, <strong>the</strong> opportunity would lend itself<br />
for kindred spirits not only <strong>to</strong> conspire <strong>to</strong>wards <strong>the</strong>se goals, but<br />
<strong>to</strong> effectuate <strong>the</strong>ir plan in<strong>to</strong> action. Certainly this was <strong>the</strong> case<br />
when <strong>the</strong> Hellenists fought <strong>the</strong> Hasmoneans, and were<br />
defeated by <strong>the</strong> Maccabees. But in analyzing <strong>the</strong> conflict,<br />
Judah Maccabee was not just fighting with his troops against a<br />
foreign government; he was fighting subversion in his own<br />
country initiated by <strong>the</strong> super-rich. The Tobiad family, for<br />
example, after acquiring fantastic fortunes, decided <strong>to</strong> turn<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir attention <strong>to</strong> a field in which <strong>the</strong>y previously had little<br />
interest, that of politics. Having done that, <strong>the</strong>y were<br />
determined <strong>to</strong> bring a new order in <strong>the</strong> land of Israel.<br />
Again we find that Mazdak (sixth century) 67 arose in Persia<br />
and carried out a fight <strong>to</strong> overthrow artisans and entrepreneurs<br />
in his day, wishing <strong>to</strong> bring a cooperative society and a new<br />
order. But <strong>the</strong> Persians defeated him, and incidentally, were<br />
led by <strong>the</strong> Jewish community "Prince" Mar Zutra, who<br />
organized middle class and Persian society, and checked<br />
Mazdak and his mobs.<br />
Before <strong>the</strong> advent of <strong>the</strong> llluminati <strong>the</strong>re were tremendous<br />
upheavals taking place of a political and religious nature. The<br />
Jesuits had been dethroned, and were not res<strong>to</strong>red <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
former position within <strong>the</strong> church until 1814, called <strong>the</strong><br />
Res<strong>to</strong>ration. What was known as <strong>the</strong> suppression of <strong>the</strong><br />
Jesuits began in 1773, which is three years before Weishaupt<br />
founded <strong>the</strong> llluminati. The Jesuits were accused of building a<br />
power base for <strong>the</strong>mselves within <strong>the</strong> Catholic Church,<br />
especially since royal confessors were usually Jesuits. The<br />
Jesuits were also constantly involved with in-fighting within <strong>the</strong><br />
Church, such as with <strong>the</strong> Dominican and Franciscan orders.<br />
The Scientific community and <strong>the</strong> Enlighteners did not like <strong>the</strong><br />
Jesuits and, fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, <strong>the</strong>re was extreme friction<br />
developing between <strong>the</strong> Jesuits and <strong>the</strong> academic community,<br />
especially with <strong>the</strong> Sorbonne in Paris.<br />
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