Author: Natasha Frost / Source: Atlas Obscura
When Karl Marx was born in the university town of Trier, Germany, in 1818, pedestrian lights and their various components—electricity, LED bulbs, cars—were all utterly unimaginable. But, in celebration of the revolutionary thinker’s 200th birthday, these elements are coming together, with red and green Marxes making appearances on the city’s pedestrian lights.
The first set was unveiled on Monday, The Local reported, around six weeks before the the anniversary proper, on May 5. A second set is to follow just before Easter weekend at the Karl Marx House, where the philosopher was born.Each light shows a slightly cuddly cartoon…
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