Seriously tho, 99% of the criticisms that completely deny Marxism I have ever heard came from people whose arguments could simply have been answered by "maybe actually read Marx?"

  • a_jug_of_marx_piss [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    It's very funny how often things people criticize marxism for not considering things that are actually extremely central to it. "Marx didn't account for automation".

    I feel like 90 % of criticism of marxist economics I hear are directly answered in text in the first two chapters of capital. Something about Marx makes people with no knowledge talk about him with a confidence I can only dream of.

    • steely_its_a_dildo [any]
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      4 years ago

      "marx didn't account for automation" has to be one of the clearest examples of not even considering the era in which he lived let alone reading his work.