as someone who 1 year ago was a part of the "rationalist" "skeptic" movement on youtube and is now trying to get into marxist theory and is a little overwhelmed, what are some resources that might make things like labour theory of value and other key marxist concepts more easily understandable outside of the enormous task of tackling the texts
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Carson Kelly
If you're a STEM friend like me, watch these videos:
{Why labour theory of value is right}
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{Getting down to details of communism}
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{Why basic income is a bad idea}
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{Economic factors in the failure of Soviet Socialism}
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Joseph Hill
this is now a Cockshott thread
Dylan Jackson
Well, that's the problem with the internet. Noone really knows you, so, what's your angle on this?
The biggest global thing to note about Marxism(in a form of political system and society's structure) is this: everything everywhere went to shit when Neoliberalism became empowered around the 80s. It didn't quite go to shit where Marxism remained; Neoliberalism burns down right now with no survivors. Thus it can be demonstrated that Marxism remains the only other viable option.
From philosophy's point, Marxism is a complete "system" of materialism. It answers the questions that 19th century physicalist-world view struggles with - in particular, how the higher concepts of human cognition and organisation are derived from Material processes.
My suggestion would be to READ (oh well) Marx' shorter works first like the Critique of Gotha Programme.
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Jacob Flores
Read Wage Labour and Capital.
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It's not very long, and made with the 19th century worker who knew nothing about economy.
I recommend reading it carefully and taking it slow. Might be a good idea to take a notebook and a pencil and write down what you think are the takeaway points of each section. Read your notes when you finish, and reread the sections you feel like need more clarifying. Hopefully you'll enjoy the experience and feel more confident about tackling other books.
Also, you could visit >>>/marx/ and check out some of the very good threads there. You can go and ask any question you have and not be bogged down by Zig Forums shitposting.
Jaxson Morales
Made with the 19th century worker in mind*, is what I meant to write there.
Brandon Ortiz
This board is politically incorrect only in its name. It has all the mainstream talking points, especially on race and islam.
Basically all races and cultures are equal, those that have 4 billion population and 0 nobel prizes, those that can not develop means of production in any way, shape or form, those that never had a democracy or separated the church from the state, those that have religious police beheading people in the streets for blasphemy (such as science) outside of tourist zones which are the only civilized places, and those who live in disease and filth because they killed the only people around who can produce penicillin and now their quality of life is lower than during 19th century colonization because back then at least they had railways.
Lots of people who are purely motivated by envy too, hating on honest self employed workers who became relatively rich through being plumbers or welders overtime instead of going in debt to study feminist dance theory at university. They wanna tear down capitalism not because they are oppressed, they never had both of their legs crushed in a coal mine or anything, they simply hate capitalism because they are bad at it. They dont realize working class is largely self employed, or that feudal myths of old moneyed owner classes do not exist in the developed world, and that most of fortune 500 companies (riches ones out there) are tech/innovation giants started from garages by random average income people.
Marxism in 21st century in developed world is for bottom tier losers who dont pay taxes, dont have a family or any responsibility in life, and hate the market because they dont have any marketable skills. And they especially hate working class in the west because working class is almost exclusively right wing telling them to go away from their property.
Which leaves them with professional welfare class, pseudo intellectual professors who teach underwater basket weaving, and feral minorities from the geographical locations that never had any reason to select for intellect.
Modern western communists have 0 revolutionary potential, none of them lift, none of them have military experience, none of them even have any technical or working skills, they dont even pay taxes and are net takers so no wonder they are all for redistribution schemes to redistribute from productive to the unproductive, and always to redistribute, never to create anything.(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
Ayden Baker
Unironically kill yourself petit burg scum.
Blake Hernandez
Nice projection loser, go clean your room now or your father might be angry
Kayden Gray
Nuclear take