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.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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!"

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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

[–] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Can you recommend a book to start?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 24 points 10 months ago (1 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/

[–] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, I'll have a look at that.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 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.

[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 2 points 10 months ago

Ooh! That sounds great!

[–] Commiunism@lemmy.wtf 2 points 10 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.