• star_wraith [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I read somewhere that it's believed a reason Marx talked about coats and linens so much was because at times in his life he'd have to sell and then buy back his coat to make ends meet.

      • Alaskaball [comrade/them]A
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        3 years ago

        One coat equals 10 yards of Lenin equals one half ingot of iron equals two sacks of flour.

        Therefore 10 yards of Lenin equals one coat which in turn equals two sacks of flour which also equals half an ingot of iron.

    • RNAi [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      No idea about his finances but in 1850 antibiotics didn't existed so everybody needed to have at least 15 children for one to survive past 11th birthday

  • Kanna [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    No, I think y'all aren't ready to learn anything that isn't in a decadent, 2 hour video essay

    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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      3 years ago

      I think a fun project would be to try to present Imperialism: the highest stage of cringe capitalism as a video essay and see how many libs we can radicalize.

        • kristina [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          im not rich but i got catgirl ears and thigh highs and a lot of milk in my fridge. i also look cute when im on my knees. i should be able to outdo contra, just gotta do a 'czech bimbo talks about how capitalism sucks while modelling swimsuits and lingerie' video for 1 billion views

    • Alaskaball [comrade/them]A
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      3 years ago

      Marx being unfaithful just doesn’t seem like a personality trait he was capable of.

      Yeah like bro look at what he named his daughters.

      Like If there'd be any cheating that happened in marx's time it would've been marx cheating on engels to spend more time with his wife.

        • Alaskaball [comrade/them]A
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          3 years ago

          What you're telling me they didn't know which sister their pops was calling for every time he said their first names?

          Shocking I tell you

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      It's not like we're in the dark on this question. Graeber, Zizek, Parenti, Matt Christman... all exist.

  • Mrtryfe [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    "y'all aren't ready to have that conversation"

    proceeds to not having that conversation

    • MarxGuns [comrade/them]
      ·
      3 years ago

      ... while an animated Marx avatar crosses his arms and raises his eyebrows

      I want this

  • kristina [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    no marx would just be relying on his gay sugar daddy engels while basically doing shit what :RIchard-D-Wolff: does

  • Jeff_Benzos [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Marx had to sell his only coat while he was researching for Das Kapital

    • RNAi [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      What price did he put on the coat tho :sweat:

  • ToastGhost [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    marx who repeatedly sold his pants and had to ask engels for new pants was a rich spoiled kid