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Who could have forseen the woes of capitalism? (lemmy.zip)
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[–] 67 points 2 years ago (10 children)

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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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Can you recommend a book to start?

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 2 points 2 years 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.

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