Basically somebody was talking about how socialism is when everybody gets paid the same and so nobody would want to work hard, I told them they were clueless and go read about what socialism is before shit talking it and they said ok what book should I read? I’m not sure I should recommend anything too complicated to somebody who knows nothing. I feel like Socialism Utopian and Scientific might be too old to connect. Any good primers y’all could recommend?

  • glimmer_twin [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Richard Wolff has a book called Understanding Socialism that is pretty short and purports to be the exact type of thing you’re looking for. I haven’t read it so I can’t confirm, but I checked out the Understanding Marxism one he did out of curiosity and it’s extremely “Marxism for someone who has literally never heard of Karl Marx”, so I’d expect this to be similar!

    • RedDawn [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      That sounds like a good option, thanks!

        • may [comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          Absolutely, his Q&A is really easy to comprehend and his narrative style is entertaining too

        • RedDawn [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Oh yeah I’ve seen a lot of Wolff on YouTube he’s pretty cool! I don’t agree with his ideas about how to bring about socialism but in terms of critiquing capitalism he is really good at explaining things!