[-] [email protected] 47 points 1 month ago

Community is the real problem.

People don't feel close to other people in modernised places. That makes it hard to organise collective action or sell collective messages.

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[-] [email protected] 46 points 5 months ago

Why not apartments/terraces? Seems stupid to have them detached at that point.

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Explain the bookclub: We are reading Volumes 1, 2, and 3 in one year and discussing it in weekly threads. (Volume IV, often published under the title Theories of Surplus Value, will not be included in this particular reading club, but comrades are encouraged to do other solo and collaborative reading.) This bookclub will repeat yearly.

I'll post the readings at the start of each week and @mention anybody interested. Let me know if you want to be added or removed.


Just joining us? You can use the archives below to help you reading up to where the group is. There is another reading group on a different schedule at https://lemmygrad.ml/c/genzhou (federated at [email protected] ) which may fit your schedule better. The idea is for the bookclub to repeat annually, so there's always next year.

Archives: Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13Week 14Week 15Week 16Week 17Week 18Week 19Week 20Week 21Week 22Week 23Week 24Week 25Week 26Week 27Week 28Week 29Week 30Week 31Week 32Week 33Week 34Week 35Week 36Week 37Week 38Week 39Week 40Week 41Week 42Week 43Week 44Week 45Week 46Week 47Week 48Week 49 – Week 50


Week 51, Dec 16-22 – Chapter 49 and Chapter 50 of Volume III

Chapter 49 is called 'Concerning the Analysis of the Process of Production'

Chapter 50 is called 'Illusions Created by Competition'


https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1894-c3/index.htm


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This is a little longer than usual: 52 pages instead of the average 43, but I thought it better to have extra length now rather than at Christmas.

Explain the bookclub: We are reading Volumes 1, 2, and 3 in one year and discussing it in weekly threads. (Volume IV, often published under the title Theories of Surplus Value, will not be included in this particular reading club, but comrades are encouraged to do other solo and collaborative reading.) This bookclub will repeat yearly.

I'll post the readings at the start of each week and @mention anybody interested. Let me know if you want to be added or removed.


Just joining us? You can use the archives below to help you reading up to where the group is. There is another reading group on a different schedule at https://lemmygrad.ml/c/genzhou (federated at [email protected] ) which may fit your schedule better. The idea is for the bookclub to repeat annually, so there's always next year.

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Week 50, Dec 9-15 – Chapter 47 and Chapter 48 of Volume III

Chapter 47 is called 'Genesis of Capitalist Ground-Rent'

Chapter 48 is called 'The Trinity Formula'


https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1894-c3/index.htm


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Search https://founders.archives.gov/ for democracy and it's pretty clear they hated democracy, use the word only as a put-down.

But in the 20th century, it was used as a good word.

When did the change happen? Cold War? Civil War?

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In 15 minutes

Everton versus Wolves

Manchester City versus Nottingham Forest

Newcastle United versus Liverpool

Southampton versus Chelsea

In 45 minutes

Aberdeen versus Celtic (the top two in the Scottish premiership)

In 60 minutes

Arsenal versus Manchester United

Aston Villa versus Brentford

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[-] [email protected] 45 points 7 months ago

Is there a podcast? (the pic makes it appear that there's a podcast)

[-] [email protected] 46 points 8 months ago

Khmer Rouge seems the obvious answer

[-] [email protected] 48 points 8 months ago

Such a weird concept. Do they think everybody besides themselves tries to help people without ever giving a thought to how?

What do they think charities do all day? Do they think they just sorta dig wells in random spots and never think about the science of it?

[-] [email protected] 44 points 9 months ago

More deportations under Democrats too.

[-] [email protected] 49 points 10 months ago

I sorta love the idea.

Imagine having some idyllic, healing forest available to you when the world gets to be too much. With mellow music, birdsong, activities, etc.

But the idea is what I love. I don't have any faith in the execution.

[-] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago

rubbed a clear gel on his shoulders, waited for it to dry, then went about his day as usual

Blimey that's a surprise innit. His shoulders??

[-] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

(around 2m25s) Taking strong action against people = "maybe maybe" not sending those people a $10 billion cheque

I sure wish someone would take strong action against me eating a whole tub of ice-cream.

[-] [email protected] 48 points 2 years ago

"alt right" is a simple rebranding of "racist"

I'm not exaggerating. Look how it's used. Most of them aren't even economically right.

[-] [email protected] 48 points 2 years ago

"Gosh what can we do about homelessness? It's such a desperately complex problem! If only someone had the solution, but nobody does!"

.... is a total lie.

Academics have known how to solve homelessness for 15 years (at least). The data is unambiguous. You solve homelessness by giving people homes. When you give them homes, then they are not homeless any more.

"Oh but the mental illness, the drug addiction..."

.... nope, bullshit. For starters, the majority of homeless people (people who currently can't afford accommodation) do not have a mental illness. And secondly, even if they did.... say they have depression.... do you think you can treat a depressed person sleeping under a bridge with talk therapy? Give them a home and they'll be less depressed.

The solution to homelessness is houses, just like the solution to hunger is bread and the solution to poverty is cash.

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