With no PoDs prior to the publication of
The Ego and It's Own in October 1844 (or if that's too late, early 1843 at the earliest), how can the influence of Stirner's hegelian egoist philosophy be as powerful as possible in subsequent leftist philosophy and radical politics? And, while we're at it, could this be at the expense of either Marx and/or Engels? (Last
discussion a few years back)
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PREVIOUS OP: What if the
Rheinische Zeitung, a newspaper run at the time by Karl Marx, wasn't shut down by Prussian censors in early 1843? Apparently, the decision to suppress the newspaper was made at the highest level of the Prussian government, and there was an attempted appeal of the decision that the king refused to listen to (not sure if this makes a decision to not censor, given Marx's writings and growing popularity, more or less plausible). Even if the suppression is just delayed by less than a couple of years, would that have serious butterflies in itself? Would, for example, this prevent Engels and Marx from meeting in person in 1844 (even if they still correspond circa 1843)? Does it fundamentally change the Leftist Hegelian scene in the 1840's? And if we can get a hand on the short term effects, how do the longer term effects on philosophy, economics, et el go from there?
If having the newspaper survive just isn't a plausible PoD, we could also discuss the effects of Marx dying 1843 before he has a chance to flee to Paris.