Could anyone help? Give some tips? I really want to read Capital, then move on to stuff like State/Revolution, Governance, etc.

I'm not really a fan of audiobooks (mostly because they're so monotone feeling... maybe I've not found the right ones?), but if I can't figure anything else out, I might go down that road.

My main issue is really just focus. I'll read a few paragraphs and enjoy it, then as I continue I slowly start drifting, no longer understanding the text, rereading over and over...

Anyways, I imagine some of you may have had this problem before, with how the internet and social media fucked our attention spans and all. Maybe if I could ever read Capital and all that, I could make comprehensive video versions for those like me...

Thanks in advance.

  • duderium [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I have found that I just get way too angry and excited when I read theory. I want to tell everyone about it to help educate them, but that often just means pouring my soul into the soulless slot machine that is Facebook.

    I use an app called VoiceDreamReader to read ebooks to me while I walk. A premium voice costs $5 and does a better job than most professional readers. You can also slow them way the hell down to really absorb a text. It can feel almost like I'm floating on air when I get really into something good and am also walking at the same time. (And yes, VoiceDreamReader just cut me a check. Actually they didn't. Or did they?)

    Theory-based podcasts like Revolutionary Left Radio, Red Menace, Red Library, Cosmopod, and others, are also immensely helpful, I find.

    I also just put together a short ebook of theory, written as plainly as possible. Feel free to download it: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z28f6z9cmqsz0ic/AABDz8zNawOEjNSIxRFdNDi3a?dl=0

    Also, when it comes to theory, the journey of learning never really ends. I learn new leftwing shit every single fucking day. So please don't beat yourself up if you're unable to consider yourself an expert.

    • cilantrofellow [any]
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      4 years ago

      Whoa thank you for that I work a lot and have lost my appetite for pleasure reading so audiobooks are my go to. This is critical for less popular texts kudos