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[–] 40 points 4 weeks ago* (3 children)

August Willich emigrated to the US for the purpose of fighting the confederates. He had previously given up his noble title, fought in the 1848 revolution and challenged Marx to a duel for being a fucking lib. He left the Union army after the New York Times called him Dutch, after which he briefly returned to Europe to finally read Hegel at the age of 60.

The first tankie, the first guy to call all other communists than himself a lib, fought against slavery.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    I heard he was forced to leave Germany because he killed one of Marx's acolytes in a duel that Marx declined.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    You're mixing two things together i think. After Marx refused Willich's challenge, an associate of Marx (Schramm) challenged Willich to a duel to defend Marx's honour. However duels were illegal in England, so they went to Belgium to actually fight the duel. Willich shot Schramm in the head, but he survived.

    Wilich emigrated to the US a couple years later

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