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The US has always walked a somewhat different path. In Europe, the left/right dichotomy was associated with monarchism for way over a century. In countries like the UK, it still is.
The soviet union considered the early christian communes to be examples of proto-communism. I don't really know much about that school of thought.
The Stalin constitution of the soviet union even quoted the bible. Stalin did study to become a priest before converting to Marxism-Leninism.
He who does not work, neither shall he eat 2 Thessalonians 3:10
That quote featured big in early soviet propaganda, during the time of the Holodomor.
Passive income is un-Christian! Unfortunately, so are most Christians.
Whatever else he may have said, Marx's version was much better. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is a much better way to run society as a whole.