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Jiang reads the Communist Manifesto's specter as Marx's replacement Geist: communism is imagined as the inevitable world spirit that old authorities try to exorcise.
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1848
Jiang reads the Communist Manifesto's specter as Marx's replacement Geist: communism is imagined as the inevitable world spirit that old authorities try to exorcise.
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Jiang contrasts violent suppression elsewhere in 1848 with Prussian concessions, arguing Prussian rulers respected citizens because unity was necessary for survival amid enemies.
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The Congress of Vienna built a successful balance-of-power peace, but suppressing war left social tension that later erupted in 1848 revolutions and continuous wars.
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"...to prepare for it. Okay? Now, what will happen is the 1848 revolutions are calling for three things. They're calling for nationalism nation states..."
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"And it is an amazing document. It's beautifully written. I don't think they get enough credit for how wonderful this is written. Okay? But..."
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"And they were very successful at that until 1848, when the middle class, when the workers rebelled in 17 different places. You will notice..."
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"And now people are really, really angry. So they erect barricades. They're getting ready for civil war. This is another French Revolution. And at..."
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"And they war. He and his ministers war the revolutionary tricolor of black, red, and gold, which is, by the way, the flag of..."
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"All right, so eventually Napoleon is defeated. This is called the Congress of Vienna, and it will lead to something called the Consul of..."
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"...will rise up against you, okay? And that's what happened in 1848 during the revolutions, when all of Europe was engulfed in revolutions. We..."
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"You can either have your soldiers go to war or they will revolt against you. That's your choice, all right? And so this will..."
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"...of the day be decided. That was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849, but by iron and blood. Okay."
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"...revolution are increasing okay and this led to something called the 1848 revolutions 1888 revolutions and this happened throughout the entirety of europe where..."
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"...at the evidence for this all right so this is the 1848 revolutions so what happened was that because of peace you have overpopulation..."
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"...write something called the Communist Manifesto and this comes after the 1848 revolutions because they were because after the 1848 revolution they were absolutely..."
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Marx is powerful because he sees what capitalism does to the soul.
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Napoleon looks like the genius of the French Revolution because he gives history its most cinematic image: speed, war, destiny, empire.
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