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Were Jesus, Siddhartha and Muhammed all proto-Marxists?

Each of them seemed to care very deeply about class differences and about the clash between rich and poor.

Even though Marx rejected religion, one can still see a lot of parallels in his writing with the way Jesus, Buddha and Mohammed saw class division. The only difference was the solution: Jesus and Buddha advocated escape, while Mohammed advocated charity. Marx advocated outright rebellion.

While the solutions are different, the problem they identified and the issues it raises are the same.