cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/56194138
cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/shermanposting/p/1825854/i-mean-she-s-right
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/56194138
cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/shermanposting/p/1825854/i-mean-she-s-right
The political opponents would from Europe be a point to the positive side, at least pre-1917. German immigrants after 1848 tended to be radical Republicans, anti-slavery and pro-labour. One post-1948 German immigrant was August Willich, a German communist (he had previously challenged Marx for a duel for being “too conservative”) who went on to become a general in the Civil War.
I’m talking earlier than the 1800s here of people being off boarded and shoved over here. In the 1800s the foundation for our current insanity was being laid.