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    Diggerism is a proto-socialist and anarchist ideology of The "True Levellers" or "Diggers", he is similar to Ancom.png Anarcho-Communism, but much more agrarian, as it existed in a pre-capitalist, pre-industrial society. He advocates a society made up of agrarian, egalitarian communes based upon the idea of "common land". He is a deeply religious Protestant. The rights of the peasantry are deeply important to him.

    History

    Diggers

    Diggers are a group of agrarian communists who flourished in England in 1649–50 and were led by Gerrard Winstanley and William Everard. In April 1649 about 20 poor men assembled at St. George’s Hill, Surrey, and began to cultivate the common land. These Diggers held that the English Civil Wars had been fought against the king and the great landowners; now that Charles I had been executed, land should be made available for the very poor to cultivate. (Food prices had reached record heights in the late 1640s.) The numbers of the Diggers more than doubled during 1649. Their activities alarmed the Commonwealth government and roused the hostility of local landowners, who were rival claimants to the common lands. The Diggers were harassed by legal actions and mob violence, and by the end of March 1650 their colony was dispersed. The Diggers themselves abjured the use of force. The Diggers also called themselves True Levelers, but their communism was denounced by the leaders of the Levelers.

    How do Draw

    Flag of Diggerism
    1. Draw a ball.
    2. Fill it black or dark grey.
    3. Draw a brown line diagonally.
    4. Fill the left quadrant with brown.
    5. Add the eyes and you're done!
    6. (optional) Draw a top hat.


    Relationships

    Friends

    Frenemies

    • Levellism.png Levellism - Based but not radical enough!
    • Rantism.png Rantism - Winstanley said that you have a "general lack of moral values or restraint in worldly pleasures", but other Diggers were sympathetic towards you.

    Enemies

    • Monarch.png Monarchism - Go away.
    • Feud.png Feudalism - Such a bad system, I was so ready to replace you.
    • Cap.png Capitalism - No one should be able to buy and sell the fruits of the earth for private gain!
    • Whitesup.png White Nationalism - No No No NO! We're the DIGGERS, NOT the N-. Also, you're a fucking nutcase.

    Further Reading

    The True Levellers Standard Advanced: Or, The State of Community Opened, and Presented to the Sons of Men.

    the law of freedom

    Wikipedia

    Diggers
    Gerrard Winstanley

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