Understanding the world should give you peace. I think that if you aren't finding peace you should do more research and study more. Marx shouldn't make you feel sad - instead it should open your eyes and bring clarity to your life. Marx ran around London beer drunk, pawned his pants, had a big beautiful family and probably died happy. If his and Engel's revelations bother you more than him, well, maybe you don't understand it as well as you should. Just my 2¢
If I could say I was a 100% orthodox Marxist I would be at peace. "After all," I would think, "the contradictions of capitalism make its collapse an inevitability." But these days I just can't say for sure that I believe that to be the case. Marx never could have accounted for the fact that, for example, we have a clock ticking down for how much time we have to stop the environmental damage being caused by capitalism, much less to reverse the damage that has been done. Propaganda and mass media as well have advanced far beyond the capabilities that could have been forseen in the 19th century. I'm not saying I don't believe it'll happen. But I think it's foolish to consider it a foregone conclusion.
It takes literal engendered sociopathy to see what's happening right now as okay. We have reached a point of no return, far beyond the evils Marx ever predicted. Feeling sad about this is completely normal, and while it shouldn't consume your life, negative emotions should be expected and given room to exist.
Marx had a host of serious health issues including pain in his liver, breathing problems, boils, insomnia, Verneuil's disease, and he'd bleed from his eyeballs. He was basically bedridden for close to 6 months before he died. He deeply loved his family, his friend Engels, and beer, so it wasn't all bad, but he probably died very unsatisfied he couldn't continue working and also in horrifying pain.
Wow damn thats fucked up I've never heard of all that before. Makes it kind of messed up when right-wingers make fun of mr. Max for not having a job or whatever.
Edit: I mean you're basically disabled at that point imho.
Despite his constant poor health he did have a job as a journalist. He worked as the European correspondent for the New-York Daily Tribune. His work on the Crimean War is pretty good if you wanna check it out sometime.
Here's the big brain take: nearly all of the fucking nastiness that comes with having your eyes open to the world can be filed under "major existential issues" and not "holy fuck what do I do about this today". It's not that you never have to deal with the cruelty of the world. but that you should deal with it in the same way you deal with every other big existential crisis, most especially death. You change as much as you can, do whatever you can to bring about megacommunism, and you make the most of the rest.
Understanding the world should give you peace. I think that if you aren't finding peace you should do more research and study more. Marx shouldn't make you feel sad - instead it should open your eyes and bring clarity to your life. Marx ran around London beer drunk, pawned his pants, had a big beautiful family and probably died happy. If his and Engel's revelations bother you more than him, well, maybe you don't understand it as well as you should. Just my 2¢
If I could say I was a 100% orthodox Marxist I would be at peace. "After all," I would think, "the contradictions of capitalism make its collapse an inevitability." But these days I just can't say for sure that I believe that to be the case. Marx never could have accounted for the fact that, for example, we have a clock ticking down for how much time we have to stop the environmental damage being caused by capitalism, much less to reverse the damage that has been done. Propaganda and mass media as well have advanced far beyond the capabilities that could have been forseen in the 19th century. I'm not saying I don't believe it'll happen. But I think it's foolish to consider it a foregone conclusion.
Yeah I feel like if I went back in time and told Marx we live in capitalist hellworld in the year 2021 he'd be a bit less at peace.
Absolutely not 100% completely wrong
It takes literal engendered sociopathy to see what's happening right now as okay. We have reached a point of no return, far beyond the evils Marx ever predicted. Feeling sad about this is completely normal, and while it shouldn't consume your life, negative emotions should be expected and given room to exist.
Being at peace doesn't necessarily mean you think the current world is good or okay, that's a pretty rough interpretation of what they said
Marx had a host of serious health issues including pain in his liver, breathing problems, boils, insomnia, Verneuil's disease, and he'd bleed from his eyeballs. He was basically bedridden for close to 6 months before he died. He deeply loved his family, his friend Engels, and beer, so it wasn't all bad, but he probably died very unsatisfied he couldn't continue working and also in horrifying pain.
Wow damn thats fucked up I've never heard of all that before. Makes it kind of messed up when right-wingers make fun of mr. Max for not having a job or whatever.
Edit: I mean you're basically disabled at that point imho.
Despite his constant poor health he did have a job as a journalist. He worked as the European correspondent for the New-York Daily Tribune. His work on the Crimean War is pretty good if you wanna check it out sometime.
Yes thank you, sounds pretty neat!
Agree 100%.
Here's the big brain take: nearly all of the fucking nastiness that comes with having your eyes open to the world can be filed under "major existential issues" and not "holy fuck what do I do about this today". It's not that you never have to deal with the cruelty of the world. but that you should deal with it in the same way you deal with every other big existential crisis, most especially death. You change as much as you can, do whatever you can to bring about megacommunism, and you make the most of the rest.
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