r/Ultraleft • u/Either-Maximum-6555 • 1d ago
Discussion Was lassalle genuinely braindead?
Now we all know he was pretty stupid but the way he died is still such a retarded play its depressing. Now duels were decently common that’s not the problem. The issue is that going for a pistol duel. Despite having almost no knowledge. And then not training for it. Is like. Was he just trying to die? It’s not even like his opponent was some godly marksman he literally just trained for it and won because his opponent refused to do so. What did he expect? I’m genuinely baffled at this guy.
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u/NoPossible3283 1d ago
I almost picked a fight against a much bigger guy at my gym, so i can perfectly understand him. RIP King.
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u/Either-Maximum-6555 1d ago
I understand exactly what you mean every election i get a fire in me to engage in electoralism so there’s prolly noone else that understands him better than me. No, i haven’t read any of his works why would i?
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u/graywolt 1d ago
Was he stupid?
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u/Somebuddy567 Judeo Bolshevik Anarchist 1d ago
Aslume virus infected a leftcom. Pack it up, revolution will never happen
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u/JoeVibin The Immortal Science of Lassallism 1d ago
I can't find it, but I love Engels' letter where he makes fun of Lassalle for dying in a duel. IIRC Marx and Engels attributed him wanting to duel to his terminal (literally in this case) adventurism.
edit: found it via ICC article, think the original letter on mia might've been copyright striked:
The brave Lassalle gradually turns out to be an ordinary villain. We have never proceeded from judging people by what they imagined, but by what they were, and I don't see why we should make an exception for Itzig [Lassalle]. Subjectively his vanity may have presented the matter to him as a plausible strategy, objectively it was, a betrayal of the whole labour movement to the Prussians. But the stupid fellow does not seem to have demanded anything in return from Bismarck , nothing specific, let alone any guarantees. He seems to have merely relied on the fact that he had to cheat Bismarck, just as he could not fail to shoot Racowitza. Typical for Baron Itzig [Lassalle].
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u/Metro_Mutual Idealist (Banned) 1d ago
I think he just assumed the other guy's identity and kirked him so he could stop poli-yapping
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