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Human, All Too Human prints a free-spirit book that also scorns socialist and democratic levelling

In 1878 Chemnitz issued Menschliches, Allzumenschliches, Nietzsche’s public break with Wagner that also treats democratic and socialist equality as a levelling threat. In the causal graph this event weakens Democratic Resilience, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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In 1878 Chemnitz issued Menschliches, Allzumenschliches, Nietzsche’s public break with Wagner that also treats democratic and socialist equality as a levelling threat.

Context

The same volume can be a secular psychology gain on another row. He signed the book in his lifetime.

Friedrich Nietzsche’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Why it matters

Dedication to Voltaire is a separate ancestry, not a rebate.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactHuman, All Too Human prints a free-spirit book that also scorns socialist and democratic levelling
    2. weakensDriverDemocratic Resilience
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 30 April 1878 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Democratic Resilience

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.35 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.7)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Clean elections index

      via Democratic Resilience

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.53 score from 0 to 1 · 0.34 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.17 score from 0 to 1 to 0.53 score from 0 to 1.

      Above normal = better

    • WJP Rule of Law Index (global)

      via Democratic Resilience

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      Above normal = better

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Human, All Too Human — public-domain EnglishProject Gutenberg · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Nietzsche Source — Digital Critical Edition (eKGWB)Nietzsche Source / Paolo D’Iorio · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

eKGWB and Gutenberg’s public English independently present the 1878 free-spirit volume and its political asides.

Established: 1878 public Human, All Too Human. Not established: that the book uniquely blocked a German franchise reform.

Contribution type is direct.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorFriedrich Nietzsche
  2. contributed toFactHuman, All Too Human prints a free-spirit book that also scorns socialist and democratic levelling
  3. weakensDriverDemocratic Resilience
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Human, All Too Human prints a free-spirit book that also scorns socialist and democratic levelling. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/nie-hah-anti-democracy-1878

https://factrail.ai/facts/nie-hah-anti-democracy-1878

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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