• Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    More people should read Marx. Even if you don’t take everything he says, much of what he writes can be directly applied to today and can help people make sense of their current situations.

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      9 months ago

      Id love to see people apply dialectical materialism to their life and society and still think “yeah but there are still good things about capitalists siphoning value out of worker’s labor!”

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        9 months ago

        I mean if you dont disagree with Marx on some stuff you’re not a marxist, but yeah I agree with your reply to the implications

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        9 months ago

        Capital is Marxism, plainly, but I’m obviously not going to recommend that to start. Instead, if you want to be more well-read than 90% of people, read Wage Labor and Capital as well as Value, Price, and Profit. You can find these on the Marxist Internet Archive for free: http://marxists.org/

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            9 months ago

            No problem! There are a ton of useful works, the Manifesto of the Communist Party is fun and Principles of Communism is a good FAQ too, but VPP and WLaC make up the best 1-2 punch of Marxism you can get.

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        9 months ago

        The Communist Manifesto comes in graphic novel form, everyone!

        It’s actually a pretty fantastic adaptation. I’ve read both and they’re both short, easy reads.

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      9 months ago

      Kinda agree, as Marx’s critique of Liberalism/Capitalism is top-notch. However, the texts are so hard to read and it feels like you need an university degree to even be able to finish or grasp some of them.