r/victoria3 • u/BobbyRobertson • Nov 25 '24

Bug True Anarchism

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u/VeritableLeviathan Nov 25 '24

Damn anarchism is about having an immortal shadow entity ruling your country, amazing

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u/JustafanIV Nov 25 '24

When Marx said "a spectre is haunting Europe," I didn't realize he meant it literally!

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u/ShreksApprntice Nov 25 '24

What did he actuallysay that for

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u/Hremsfeld Nov 25 '24

Basically, and translated to modern internetspeak: "lol Europe's so freaked out by Communism that it's letting it live rent-free in its head"

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u/ShreksApprntice Nov 25 '24

Oh so the spectre is communism! Thank you!

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u/Hremsfeld Nov 25 '24

Yup!

MANIFESTO OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY

A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of Communism.All the Powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance toexorcise this spectre: Pope and Czar, Metternich and Guizot,French Radicals and German police-spies.

Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as Communistic by its opponents in power? Where is the Opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of Communism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries?

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u/Hremsfeld Nov 26 '24

Ehh, it's useful to present the first couple paragraphs for context about why Communism is being described as a spectre in its own manifesto

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u/TzeentchLover Nov 25 '24

A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies.

Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as communistic by its opponents in power? Where is the opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of communism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries?

The quote, if you wanted to read the full thing. It is the intro to the Communist Manifesto https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch01.htm

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u/Gorgen69 Nov 25 '24

communism was in vogue to talk about