The Spring of 1848 was the longest Europe had seen in a while. Political upheaval and revolutionary commotion lasted for about a year and eight months, radically transforming the social and political landscape of an already belligerent continent, introducing to the masses strange and new ideas like democracy, liberalism, mutualistic and decentralized cooperation, workers rights, the dream and the possibility of a dignified life, freed from the hourly shackles of labor. By May 1849, the heat was still on. #theblindmachine #newsletters #wagner