▲ 122 ▼ What do you mean State and Revolution is only 100ish pages!? (hexbear.net) submitted 1 year ago by RedWizard@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net 50 comments fedilink hide all child comments Imperialism too? Left Wing Communism as well?? What is to be done??? That's it, I'm powering through these books.
[–] trinicorn@hexbear.net 51 points 1 year ago (3 children) State and Revolution is SHOCKINGLY clear and accessible, and yes, not a million pages long. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] RedWizard@hexbear.net [S] 35 points 1 year ago (1 child) Marx have me the false notion that all these revolutionaries were wordy as hell. Talk about false consciousness! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago (1 child) Honestly even Engels is way more readable than Marx. When I'm reading Engels and then he block quotes Marx I'm all of a sudden permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tiocfaidhcaisarla@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago (2 children) I like when Marx says "in a word" and then it's a full sentence. Which maybe it is in German idk permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago In a word, Mietschuldenfreiheitsbescheinigung permalink fedilink source parent [–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago I have to wonder if Capital would have been more accessible if Marx was anything other than German. There's a lot of "Germanisms" where he makes these huge ass compound words or almost tautologies with phrases like "The labor value is associated with the labor power of the labor voucher used by catgirl associates." permalink fedilink source parent [–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago (4 children) Muscling through Imperialism rn and was saddened to see how it wasn't easy to read like State and Revolution permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] OnceUponATimeInWeHo@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago Once he whips out the charts you know you're in a different realm permalink fedilink source parent [–] fart@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (1 child) haha im in the exact same boat permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago I polished off a good chunk today - honestly it gets a lot simpler after the first three chapters if I knew that earlier I would have pushed through them sooner permalink fedilink source parent [–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago We tried to read it for a Marxist book club, and I felt really bad because many people who hadn't had the instruction or the propensity to see why the numbers where important were struggling very hard. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* should listen to the Marx Madness reading series on it. They are great. Also their discord is where I met Sungmanitu. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago (3 children) A somewhat surprising amount of it is also Lenin being very catty about political figures in his time lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago I was just about to say, it's like 30% throwing shade at Kautsky permalink fedilink source parent [–] Aradino@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago It's great for people who love influencer drama because it basically is that permalink fedilink source parent [–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net [S] 35 points 1 year ago (1 child) Marx have me the false notion that all these revolutionaries were wordy as hell. Talk about false consciousness! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago (1 child) Honestly even Engels is way more readable than Marx. When I'm reading Engels and then he block quotes Marx I'm all of a sudden permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tiocfaidhcaisarla@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago (2 children) I like when Marx says "in a word" and then it's a full sentence. Which maybe it is in German idk permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago In a word, Mietschuldenfreiheitsbescheinigung permalink fedilink source parent [–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago I have to wonder if Capital would have been more accessible if Marx was anything other than German. There's a lot of "Germanisms" where he makes these huge ass compound words or almost tautologies with phrases like "The labor value is associated with the labor power of the labor voucher used by catgirl associates." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago (1 child) Honestly even Engels is way more readable than Marx. When I'm reading Engels and then he block quotes Marx I'm all of a sudden permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tiocfaidhcaisarla@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago (2 children) I like when Marx says "in a word" and then it's a full sentence. Which maybe it is in German idk permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago In a word, Mietschuldenfreiheitsbescheinigung permalink fedilink source parent [–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago I have to wonder if Capital would have been more accessible if Marx was anything other than German. There's a lot of "Germanisms" where he makes these huge ass compound words or almost tautologies with phrases like "The labor value is associated with the labor power of the labor voucher used by catgirl associates." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tiocfaidhcaisarla@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago (2 children) I like when Marx says "in a word" and then it's a full sentence. Which maybe it is in German idk permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago In a word, Mietschuldenfreiheitsbescheinigung permalink fedilink source parent [–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago I have to wonder if Capital would have been more accessible if Marx was anything other than German. There's a lot of "Germanisms" where he makes these huge ass compound words or almost tautologies with phrases like "The labor value is associated with the labor power of the labor voucher used by catgirl associates." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago In a word, Mietschuldenfreiheitsbescheinigung permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago I have to wonder if Capital would have been more accessible if Marx was anything other than German. There's a lot of "Germanisms" where he makes these huge ass compound words or almost tautologies with phrases like "The labor value is associated with the labor power of the labor voucher used by catgirl associates." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago (4 children) Muscling through Imperialism rn and was saddened to see how it wasn't easy to read like State and Revolution permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] OnceUponATimeInWeHo@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago Once he whips out the charts you know you're in a different realm permalink fedilink source parent [–] fart@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (1 child) haha im in the exact same boat permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago I polished off a good chunk today - honestly it gets a lot simpler after the first three chapters if I knew that earlier I would have pushed through them sooner permalink fedilink source parent [–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago We tried to read it for a Marxist book club, and I felt really bad because many people who hadn't had the instruction or the propensity to see why the numbers where important were struggling very hard. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* should listen to the Marx Madness reading series on it. They are great. Also their discord is where I met Sungmanitu. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OnceUponATimeInWeHo@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago Once he whips out the charts you know you're in a different realm permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fart@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (1 child) haha im in the exact same boat permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago I polished off a good chunk today - honestly it gets a lot simpler after the first three chapters if I knew that earlier I would have pushed through them sooner permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago I polished off a good chunk today - honestly it gets a lot simpler after the first three chapters if I knew that earlier I would have pushed through them sooner permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago We tried to read it for a Marxist book club, and I felt really bad because many people who hadn't had the instruction or the propensity to see why the numbers where important were struggling very hard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* should listen to the Marx Madness reading series on it. They are great. Also their discord is where I met Sungmanitu. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago (3 children) A somewhat surprising amount of it is also Lenin being very catty about political figures in his time lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago I was just about to say, it's like 30% throwing shade at Kautsky permalink fedilink source parent [–] Aradino@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago It's great for people who love influencer drama because it basically is that permalink fedilink source parent [–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago I was just about to say, it's like 30% throwing shade at Kautsky permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aradino@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago It's great for people who love influencer drama because it basically is that permalink fedilink source parent
