Johnnie Ellington II January 12, 2016 · The revolutions of 1848 were essentially a democratic movement and an uprising against the political elite. In 1848, Karl Marx published “The Communist Manifesto” with Friedrich Engels, and was exiled to London as a result. In London, where he lived the remainder of his life, he wrote the first volume of “Das Kapital”. This undoubtedly influenced the revolutions that opened the door to communism/socialism. This also inspired the collapse of the old feudal structures and created independent national states. The revolutionary wave began in France in February 1848 when the French monarchy was overthrown. Communism actually began in France as a “commune” where people lived in one shared community with no individual property rights. It was the French who convinced Marx that communism would work better than just socialism, which he had advocated initially. This 1848 revolution spread as a contagion, similar to what the American Revolution had done during the previous century. The contagion of 1848 spread to most of Europe and parts of Latin America. In total, it impacted over 50 countries. This was by no means a coordination or cooperation between various revolutionary trends around Europe. Generally, a contagion is attributed to six factors: (1) widespread dissatisfaction with political leadership, as we have today; (2) demands for more participation in government and democracy, as republics have once again robbed us of our right to vote; (3) demands for freedom of press, which is manifesting today in the internet; (4) the demands of the working class, whom today have been oppressed by huge tax rates combined with income taxes and VAT at 20%+; (5) the upsurge of nationalism, which we are again watching unfold thanks to terrorism; and finally, (6) the regrouping of the reactionary forces based on the royalty, aristocracy, army, church and peasants, which is again unfolding as class warfare. The American Revolution really began in 1762 or 86 years before 1848. Indeed, the very same issue that sparked the American Revolution was the government’s practice of arbitrarily seizing assets and searching letters to see if anyone spoke anything derogatory against the government. The NSA today does exactly what the king’s men had done. In 2014 and 2015, the assets confiscated by police exceeded all the property stolen by criminals. The police have replaced the criminals in so many ways. They get to seize property and are rarely ever held accountable for killing citizens rashly. They always use deadly force rather than resolving issues without killing someone in the process. These very same practices came to a head in the famous trial involving writs of assistance to the revenue officers, empowering them, at their SOLE discretion, to search suspected places at will. This eventually became the reason for the American Revolution and is what became known as the Fourth Amendment in the USA, which judges have swept away under the rug and no longer exists. The legal case which became the seminal beginning was Entick v. Carrington and Three Other King’s Messengers, reported at length in 19 Howell’s State Trials 1029. The action, dated November 1762, was for trespassing and interfering with the plaintiff’s dwelling by breaking open his desks and boxes and searching and examining his papers. The defense lawyer, James Otis, in Boston pronounced that the writs of assistance of the king were “the worst instrument of arbitrary power, the most destructive of English liberty, and the fundamental principles of law that ever was found in an English law book.” These writs of assistance allowed government employees to do whatever they wanted, as they continue to do today. It is our burden to prove we have rights – not theirs to restrain themselves. This has placed “the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer.” Future president, John Adams, was there listening to Otis arguing in court. Otis, of course, lost with the judge only ruling for the king. “Then and there,” said John Adams, “then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there, the child Independence was born.” This is what cycles are about. Fourteen years after 1762 marked the American Revolution in 1776 with the Declaration of Independence. After nearly one Pi Cycle (31.4 years from Otis’ speech) George Washington was sworn into presidency and the United States was born. It is always just a question of time. The mere fact that we can observe regular cycles over long periods of time demonstrates one thing: we should never confuse the idea of FREE WILL of the individual with the collective action of society. You will never find 100% of the people in agreement. Thus, you are NOT compelled like a robot to agree with the majority. That is your individual FREE WILL. You would not be reading this if you were among the mindless majority.