Reading Marx can be like reading fucking Numbers. He occasionally breaks through when he finally connects an idea and you get some really beautiful writing that ties all these dozens of ideas together, but to get to those moments you need a lot of patience.
Lenin takes all of Marx's work and turns it into what's essentially a combination of prose and research. He hits all the data and examples and brings you through that Marxian journey in 1/100th as many words.
There's a reason Lenin's writings are in hundreds of languages and the backbone of socialist theory all around the world.
Lenin is quite possibly the best example of this.
Reading Marx can be like reading fucking Numbers. He occasionally breaks through when he finally connects an idea and you get some really beautiful writing that ties all these dozens of ideas together, but to get to those moments you need a lot of patience.
Lenin takes all of Marx's work and turns it into what's essentially a combination of prose and research. He hits all the data and examples and brings you through that Marxian journey in 1/100th as many words.
There's a reason Lenin's writings are in hundreds of languages and the backbone of socialist theory all around the world.