Quote Originally Posted by jsbhike View Post
The Communist Manifesto was published in 1848 with Marx, Engels, and others doing their thing for years prior. The revolutions in Europe occurred in 1848 with a heavy influence from Marxists, Communists, or whatever you like to call them.

The revolutions failed with many of the revolutionaries being imprisoned. Carl Schurz, Franz Sigel, and Fritz Anneke were a few of the big names that managed to escape Europe and click with the early Republican party with plenty of their lesser known comrades gravitating to the party as well.

Pretty good read on the subject.

https://aronzonijr.medium.com/the-re...s-c0ff3155c08b
There is some truth to the modern statement that the Republican and Democratic parties basically switched polarity over the centuries.