Oh, I just posted this in c/marxism but this thread seems like a better fit:
A year ago I had the opportunity to give a 30 minute presentation on something of my choice to my housemates (a couple dozen people). I decided to do a brief explanation of Marx’s view of capitalism. Mostly I just ran through Capital but I also talked about how Marx’s observations are all still true, his predictions have been proved right, and his theories are still relevant today. Also a bit on how trying to solve the problem of automation without Marxism is a fools errand. It was pretty dense and boring, but today someone who was there told me that my mini-lecture convinced her to read a bunch of theory and she’s a Marxist now. So it had an effect on one person at least.
I wish someone had given me a somewhat formal explanation of Marxism. The only real communist I had heard about was Stalin, but he was the evil dictator, of course.
Marx was also wrong because he didn't predict that un-stoppable climate change would lead to the extinction of humanity but he was just some drunk in the 1860s, not a prophet of god, so I'd say he did okay.
Oh, I just posted this in c/marxism but this thread seems like a better fit:
A year ago I had the opportunity to give a 30 minute presentation on something of my choice to my housemates (a couple dozen people). I decided to do a brief explanation of Marx’s view of capitalism. Mostly I just ran through Capital but I also talked about how Marx’s observations are all still true, his predictions have been proved right, and his theories are still relevant today. Also a bit on how trying to solve the problem of automation without Marxism is a fools errand. It was pretty dense and boring, but today someone who was there told me that my mini-lecture convinced her to read a bunch of theory and she’s a Marxist now. So it had an effect on one person at least.
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I wish someone had given me a somewhat formal explanation of Marxism. The only real communist I had heard about was Stalin, but he was the evil dictator, of course.
I have libs who love telling me that Marx was technically wrong because the revolution happened in Russia instead of Germany.
Marx was also wrong because he didn't predict that un-stoppable climate change would lead to the extinction of humanity but he was just some drunk in the 1860s, not a prophet of god, so I'd say he did okay.
No, see, "product of their time" reasoning only applies to people I agree with like our slave-owning founding fathers, not filthy reds!
Yo, you still have that presentation? Maybe I could help convince some of my lib friends thru it
I still have the slideshow but it's kinda just bunch of quotes and stock photos. my notes were on index cards unfortunately
Worth a shot! Good praxis tho, comade!
Honestly anything is appreciated, even if you can't get pictures of the index cards anymore. I could really use the guidance
I'll post the slideshow once I get home
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