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Part Two: The Diggers, the Levelers, the Ranters, and John Darnielle

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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The Leader of the Diggers

In 1643, Gerard Winstanley goes bankrupt and he doesn't like capitalism. So he fucks off to the village of Cobham to get a job as a cow herd. And it's during his time as a cow shepherd that he starts turning his thoughts to religion and theology. He also winds up a leveler who saw reason within each person as the godliness within man and woman.

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