# Freethought and Freedom: Jean Meslier on Property

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/freethought-and-freedom-jean-meslier-on-property>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** February 21, 2018

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Was Jean Meslier a communist? George H. Smith explores this tricky issue.

Was Jean Meslier a communist? George H. Smith explores this tricky issue.

[Originally published in essay form on September 4, 2015.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/freethought-freedom-jean-meslier-property)