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[–] astreus@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

That's interesting, I'll give it a read. But I don't entirely see how. He was first banished and then executed for his writing and thrown in an unmarked grave. During his life, his writing was the cornerstone of the burgeoning revolution against his wishes. This was all a fair chunk of time before the Spanish-American war.