I had never truly understood that line until seeing what has manifested over the last few years. It feels like it is accelerating also. You see it everywhere, among people you knew were libs before who are now clearly sympathisers and comrades. Among people you've radicalised yourself in communities...
There is a looming spectre and they definitely feel it.
Well the revolutions of 1848 were very much on their way when the first edition was published in that February, so revolutionary fervour was sweeping around Europe at the time. It wasn't just people were starting to radicalize and wake up.
Political banquets were happening in France by middle class (bourgeois) activists, starting that previous summer, as a way to circumvent the governmental restriction on political meetings. Wikipedia says Friedrich Engels attended in October 1847.
I highly recommend the Revolutions podcast if you want to learn more about this
Liberals everywhere are saying they feel a presence looming over them. It's like an apparition is appearing to them in their times of doubt.
A spectre, if you will.
I had never truly understood that line until seeing what has manifested over the last few years. It feels like it is accelerating also. You see it everywhere, among people you knew were libs before who are now clearly sympathisers and comrades. Among people you've radicalised yourself in communities...
There is a looming spectre and they definitely feel it.
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Well the revolutions of 1848 were very much on their way when the first edition was published in that February, so revolutionary fervour was sweeping around Europe at the time. It wasn't just people were starting to radicalize and wake up.
Political banquets were happening in France by middle class (bourgeois) activists, starting that previous summer, as a way to circumvent the governmental restriction on political meetings. Wikipedia says Friedrich Engels attended in October 1847.
I highly recommend the Revolutions podcast if you want to learn more about this