If you're new to theory for the love of Christ stop starting with Capital
Engels compiled a Selected Works of Marx and Engels works for newbies
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.461608/page/n3/mode/2up
This Selected Works is basically perfect for newbies. You see Marx and Engels Dialectical and Historical Materialism come to life in the 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte and the Civil War In France
You see the rise of the modern State in Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State and you see a good grounding in Socialist philosophy in Socialism:Utopian and Scientific as well as Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy and this is peppered with smaller articles which give you a rich insight into the workings of capital without the density of Capital. Capital is almost a purely scientific book and should be considered a manual to tackle when you already have a decent theoretical and scientific understanding of capital.
I don't get how people can call Marx boring when reading the above Selected Works is almost addictive in seeing revolutions of the past and his thoughts on them at the time.
Also get physical copies where you can to make notes, sticky posts and highlight
Maybe we could trick all those socialist witches into reading theory by telling them you can summon the dead by reading their works during a ritual?
i don’t have 20yards of linen but i do have 1 coat within which you can represent the value of that linen which you desire
then try to read it among others reading it so you can bounce ideas off them. you could also post questions here given the amount of us that have already read it or attempted to. you can absolutely attain proficiency, just gotta work hard at it and with the help of comrades