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Karl Marx, born on this day in 1818, was a foundational political theorist and journalist associated with the philosophy of Marxism.

Among Marx's best-known texts are the "The Communist Manifesto" and the three-volume "Das Kapital", in which he set out to define and explain the behavior of the capitalist mode of production.

Marx's political and philosophical thought have had enormous influence on subsequent intellectual, economic and political history, and his name has been used as an adjective, a noun, and a school of social theory.

Marx's critical theories about society, economics and politics - collectively understood as Marxism - hold that human societies develop through class conflict. In capitalism, this manifests itself in the conflict between the ruling classes (known as the bourgeoisie) that control the means of production, and the working classes (known as the proletariat) that enable these means by selling their labor power in return for wages.

Employing a critical approach known as historical materialism, Marx concluded that, like previous socio-economic systems, capitalism produced internal tensions which would lead to its self-destruction and replacement by a new system known as socialism.

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Had a dream Nintendo Switch released an emulator for a console I never heard of. And on this console was some kinda' Ranger X-like game 2D run 'n gun thing where you had a bunch of different characters and pods you could choose between and customize and you and the pod could combine or partially combine, for different weapon configurations and stuff, it was awesome. It also had like Ace Attorney-like cutscenes between stages.

I thought, "the people must know of this game" and was showing it off at some get together. My sister and a woman who was like Amy Ryan but with brown hair and short and tan came up and I was showing her too. I gave her the Switch and she kept bending it without breaking the screen to "get a better grip" and she gave me vibes like she wasn't super stable or wanting to hear someone tell her what to do so I tried being chill about it but I also didn't want her breaking my Switch. My sister got mad at me for some reason and took a fee steps away and wouldn't talk, neither would the Amy Ryan-lookalike, though she was still playing the game extremely suboptimally. She wasn't even using the transformation mechanic.

And during it a puffy stray cat came by and sat on my shoulder. We were sitting on an old, sunken-in couch until they left with just me with the Switch and the cat on my shoulder. I called out to them but they wouldn't come back from the crowd of people, asking what I did wrong.

Then I woke up.

[–] Coca_Cola_but_Commie@hexbear.net 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The last bootleg feed I knew of for Trueanon (jumble.top I believe) seems to be down. A sad day when I can't get podcast slop for free but there's no world in which I am paying $5 a month for Trueanon, a podcast. Easy come easy go.

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I am never giving Brace Belden money. I do not trust him with it.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 4 points 12 hours ago

Good luck not paying taxes in what's coming.

[–] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 7 points 15 hours ago

I spend too much time on this damn app

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I'm at my city's annual hanami event and for some fucking reason for a good while there was just what sounded like generic movie trailer music blaring from the festival ground, who booked this shit

Edit: there is now Japanese music, sanity has been restored

[–] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 7 points 15 hours ago

life is unfair

[–] jjsandwich7@hexbear.net 9 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Jesus Christ I just got jump scared by my neighbor irl lmao. In my kitchen there is a window that faces there house and they also have a window at there kitchen so I accidently made eye contact with one of them at fucking 1 am and I really hope I didn;t scare them as badly as they scared me lmao

Them:

You:

Them:

You:

[–] jjsandwich7@hexbear.net 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I think I'm gonna pin up a towel or sheet on that window so that doesn't happen again lol

[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 3 points 17 hours ago

don't do that, instead of pinning a sheet on the window you should get back at him for scaring you by draping the sheet over your head like a cartoon ghost every time you go into the kitchen

[–] jjsandwich7@hexbear.net 2 points 18 hours ago

I really hate the fact that my kitchen has a window, really goddamn annoying

[–] CptKrkIsClmbngThMntn@hexbear.net 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Is anyone else familiar with the experience of having people around you who love to hear you talk but don't actually give a shit about what you're saying?

It's the most infantilising thing. They'll go through the active listening motions but I can tell from their tone that they've checked out. Why the fuck did you ask me about the book I'm reading, or ask me for my take on world events, if you're just going to mhmm your way through the conversation and start folding laundry or whatever? Sometimes I just trail off midsentence and they don't even notice - they just respond with an, "...interesting!" a second later.

I put a lot of work into a tech political project recently, and in the early stages I had scraped a pile of politician's speeches in order to do some word analysis. I described it to a political friend who also works in tech and was met with, "I don't really get the point but it's really cool to see you so excited about something!"

Sometimes I find talking to strangers so much more validating because they have nothing to respond to except what I say.

/rant

[–] GeneralSwitch2Boycott@hexbear.net 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of people just love small talk for some reason. I think they like the protocol of it more than the content. Do they go around telling people the same new story about something? The people in my life like that do that too, where they get a nee topic/event/story and repeat it to everyone.

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[–] jjsandwich7@hexbear.net 10 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Question for the people that are actually not afraid of talking to others. How should I ask people if they want to hang out? I haven't seen some friends in almost 7 months and I want to see them again. Should I just ask them if they want to get lunch or dinner somewhere? Thats what I think I might do tomorrow if I don't get so scared of talking

Just be aware that there are plenty of reasons to be unavailable so the chance of attendence is like 40-70%. It's not personal at all and if it was there'd be signs. The yes and no have little to do with how you present the idea so I'd just be clear with date, time, location, and purpose in the invitation

If they're friends you can just ask if they want to do something, yeah.

[–] someone@hexbear.net 5 points 14 hours ago

How about just telling them that you'll be somewhere, and letting them know they're invited if they want to join you?

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 8 points 18 hours ago

I know measles is spreading in the USA (sth like 11 states and 1k cases) but where is birdflu at rn?

[–] kittin@hexbear.net 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

How about, when we colonize Mars, instead of making factories and Martian corporations, instead of all that we could just have a little rave. Earth could be for animals and crops, the moon for mining, and a non-stop dance party on Mars.

[–] someone@hexbear.net 2 points 15 hours ago

Dance parties at 1/3rd G sounds awesome.

[–] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 9 points 19 hours ago

Did they fire the "hey have a plan before escalating shit" guy in usaid/cia it seems every other day an asshole in power decide to just crashout/go postal sloppily.

[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 10 points 20 hours ago (2 children)
[–] spudnik@hexbear.net 3 points 14 hours ago

Goth wolves! What will they think of next?

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[–] Comrade_Mushroom@hexbear.net 16 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Was at partner's family's house for taco dinner and they were offering crunchy shells... uncooked.

Is this why so many people hate crunchy taco shells? Because they're eating chewy, gummy-ass uncooked shells??

[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 8 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

You have to cook them? Ive always had ones that are hard like a tortilla chip

[–] Comrade_Mushroom@hexbear.net 4 points 19 hours ago

you bake them in the oven for a little bit, makes them nice and crunchy and awesome

[–] Losurdo_Enjoyer@hexbear.net 6 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

yeah im very confused too, you either have tacos made in soft flour/corn tortilla or have hard ones i thought

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[–] WhatAnOddUsername@hexbear.net 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I have a really dumb question, one which I assume has been answered somewhere before, so feel free to either link me to that answer or copy and paste it here.

Whenever the subject of Substack comes up -- like when someone I follows links to their Substack page -- someone always mentions that "Substack supports Nazis". I don't usually read things on Substack and I haven't written anything on it, so it never became a dilemma for me, but what are people referring to when they say this? Do they actively support Nazis financially, while suppressing non-Nazis? Or is it that they allow Nazis to use their site instead of actively removing them? Do their policies, or the enforcement of their policies, disproportionately favour fascists?

As long as I'm asking, what are people using as an alternative to Substack?

Here's their right-wing response to "you're making money from fascist propaganda on your site".

https://substack.com/@hamish/note/c-45811343

[–] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 7 points 21 hours ago

A little pain never hurt anybody

[–] Euergetes@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago

i think this is what people in kenya feel like when the US is about to invade somewhere. something terrible might happen that will affect us all. i have no fucking clue what can be done about it.

[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Jokic made all the other players earn their paychecks for once. Very entertaining game.

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I wouldn’t necessarily mind overtime but I wanted to play some vidyas after the leafs game.

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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

@Lussy@hexbear.net talked with my old neighbor who just got back to the island after a NYC trip and she was talking about how she hadn't eaten rice in a week. Asked her why she didn't try eating Chinese, sushi, Indian food, or anything that should've been available over there. "Nah, a mi no me gusta la comida rara" ??? Why even travel?

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[–] PaulSmackage@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Keld@hexbear.net 6 points 14 hours ago
[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 6 points 22 hours ago

Damn, Michael Porter Jr. doing all that with one shoulder. It'd be cool if his politics weren't terrible.

andor s02e08 spoilers"who are you" is so funny this show is so good

[–] Blockocheese@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago

I should've paid someone to build this fucking computer kitty-cri-potato

But if everything eventually turns out well I will feel very proud

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