Bernd
03/17/2021 (Wed) 07:03:37
No.42957
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>>42954In short they wanted fairly the same things as us, breaking down the feudal structures. Abolish serfdom, equal taxation (nobles shouldn't enjoy exempt), equality before law (), change the absolutist governance to democratic one, probably ending censorship. What I know that nowadays - due to the prevailing ideological monopoly of liberalism (and to lesser extent socialism) - historical works usually shift the emphasis to these, but in these movements there were very strong nationalist component. Austrians were no different, they were motivated by the situation of the rest of the German people, and the question of unity was already on the table.
I'm gonna look these up, I'm curious, and we learn next to nothing about it.
Russia? Well the courts of Europe had this Holy Alliance which was basically reactionary gay club with the goal of quench revolutionary movements. So the Czar probably mulled over intervention, but just like our army at the border, he also wouldn't move without the invitation of a power which could be considered legitimate (the Austrian imperial court).