Finally finished the third volume of Capital. Not going to lie, it was a challenge and quite a journey, but well worth it. Rip to the many, many highlighters that gave their lives for this endeavor.

marx-hi AMA!

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[–] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I agree with most of this, but not that it's mostly dry and boring. It's difficult at times, and complex, but also passionate and funny. Mostly I felt like I was finally understanding things that had been in front of my face my whole life without me really seeing them, and that was what was compelling enough to keep me going

But yeah I skimmed the less relevant stuff. I'm sure the critiques of Adam Smith are devastating but maybe I'll come back to them some other time

[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

fair enough

what i found impressive is how you see all that, the extent of which the marxist critique of capitalism is explored in those three volumes and then you realize he really did manage to compress it down and simplify the ideas pretty fucking well in the manifesto

[–] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

It is pretty impressive. I don't think everyone will want or need to see exactly how he reached his conclusions, but it's a staggering achievement