Rosa Luxembourg would probably disagree with me here and claim capitalism has a tendency towards its own collapse under the weight of its contradictions. For the moment, I do not share this viewpoint; I believe capitalism can only end by workers' self-conscious activity towards that aim and towards their own abolition.

There is no limit to accumulation itself (=> profit), but there is a law of diminishing returns, so to speak

Profit itself can trend towards infinity, but the rate at which it is extracted has a tendency to fall; in theory, a low rate of profit can continue for several centuries towards that $$$

In practice, however, we have to consider that war (and other means) can contribute to a destruction of capital; that unequal trade relations exist; that climate catastrophe is on the horizon; that humans cannot live forever; and so on.

tl;dr - assuming humans live forever, there is nothing setting a limit on profit itself

i'm trying to think up a method or a book that'd be helpful to work from, but i don't want to limit Marx to philosophy

maybe trying these strategies with something light, but theory-heavy enough, would be helpful. for that i would recommend reading Chapter 1 of Walter Rodney's How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. Feel free to work through other portions as you please, or if you feel necessary, like the Introduction.

There's also Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Freire, and Development as Modernity by Lushaba

for the purposes of a book club, though, i'm sure The Communist Manifesto and Principles of Communism will be alright. When you discuss with other people, you'll learn a lot faster. They'll pick up on details that you won't, and vice versa.

there's a good decent book on him

LaRouche and the New American Fascism by Dennis King

PS: I forgot to mention that Capital, at least the first volume, will be required at some point; and also, Theses on Feuerbach is deceptively short, each 'thesis' is densely packed info, I did not know this and, as a result, didn't really understand any thesis except the last

i would keep it simple and limited, when it comes to theory. The Communist Manifesto, Principles of Communist, Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, Civil War in France, Critique of the Gotha Programme, Capital Vol. 1 - that's more than enough. if you like, you can replace Capital with books like Lenin's Imperialism or State and Revolution.

something i would keep in mind - at the end of the day Marx was true to his roots as a philosopher. i would be surprised if you can pick up an 'introductory' or 'easy' text by Marx without taking notes and reading a second or third time.

when reading, questions you may ask: "Marx argues [point], but why? Is this argument convincing? There are a lot of words I'm familiar with here, is he using them in the common sense, or is he referencing something else? Is that his own theory and what he personally believes, or is he making a point about another thinker (i.e., Proudhon, Hegel, Smith, Ricardo, Lassalle, Feuerbach)? What assumptions is he making? Why should I believe this? Why do I agree/disagree with this?"

If you agree with everything you read on first encounter, without questioning or doubting it, you might've misread something or you might be missing context. I, for example, had to read Critique of the Gotha Programme multiple times because on first time I was careless and failed to distinguish between Lassalle and Marx, and the second time I failed to distinguish between 'wealth' and 'value' - both mistakes are so wrong I would've been better reading nothing.

i think bordiga would be cool with it

read hegel, play disco elysium. play disco elysium, read marx

hegel's revolutionary plasm

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"In the dark times, should the stars also go out?"

damn so im not the only one who read some Camus recently? i'm not even an existentialist, i just find the work comforting

UnitedHealthcare is so awful I have to defend ABA

but don't they already have perfectly functioning drones for surveillance anyways? i thought it was a mix of that and 'Stingray'-type devices. Google and cell providers for triangulation and geolocation, or that thing where they find all devices/users in a given area and uncover identities for possible 'suspects'

you're not paranoid at all (well, i sure hope i'm not encouraging any sort of delusion in the event you are), this is fairly common, esp. given all the protests and the recent high-profile case

i say the odds are 40:60 you like it

Richard Spencer will never have a successful idea

"a pure, free anarchist lifestyle that rejects old left ideas of class struggle"

Question. Do you use, or have you ever used tumblr? This will help answer your question and I cannot tell you why. Your honesty is important.

Secular leader who turned from a social-democratic stance into a more gradually pro-privatization stance as she gained more power; alleged chemical attacks; has said something about Russia; thought of as disproportionately wealthy compared to constituents without solid proof; silly photos leaked

I don't think there's anything more unifying for veterans than shit talking the VA, honestly. Great intentions, awful execution.

That aside, I don't have the time to check rn, but is that speech from the guy from that one documentary "National Bird"?

Also, dark humor from a bygone era:

• Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4taggCYDGUE
• Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMq2uLPZe5s

Have you ever seen that one movie "National Bird"? Far from apolitical, unfortunately. It's about some wistleblowers, documentary style. I believe at least one was under surverillance or had an issue with the FBI. I believe this is how I found out you can't discuss certain "national security" details even in therapy, and that you can be placed in a mental hospital if needed for OPSEC/NatSec reasons - but I could be wrong, that might be a different movie/documentary

so now China is the one doing free trade, globalization, and tech export; the West is doing trade protectionism, nationalism, and inhibition of foreign industry

I can see why people are confused about the definition of capitalism

What are the consequences for this arrangement, though, as we see more governments make a pivot ala Milei, Bukele?

but we taught Afghani women how to use makeup epic girlboss style