[Marx] I put on my anti-coat and wizard hat

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edit: nevermind, posting in the China thread

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 04:23

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rodbeard posted:

Bitch

fair enough. original question:

Sorry if this has already been answered, but is there a short read anywhere that crisply summarizes where Marxist ideas fit (if anywhere) in Chinese state's planning and actions? I realize that this must be a very naive question.

# ¿ Jan 3, 2024 04:37

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Raskolnikov38 posted:

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Liberalism: A Counter-History (Domenico Losurdo) - Excellent historical analysis of liberal thought from a Marxist perspective, showing its essence, strengths, and limitations.

I just want to call this out and say thanks, this book probably gave me a better understanding of recent Western history than the sum of everything else I�ve encountered in my life.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2024 01:45

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Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3 posted:

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# ¿ Mar 6, 2024 01:54

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Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3 posted:

that is the infamous liberal, John C Calhoun

oh yeah ok makes sense!

# ¿ Mar 6, 2024 02:15

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to derive the socially optimal evolution of policy conditions, first construct the current-valued Hamiltonian entirely from horseshit and apply variational optimization to demonstrate that universal exploding slave collars are the only answer

# ¿ Mar 8, 2024 23:09

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hubris.height posted:

this thread is probably one of the best threads I've read over the past 2 decades and it's a crime it isn't rated 5, for whatever that's worth. lots of work being done itt

same. and thanks, this post reminded me to vote

# ¿ Mar 31, 2024 22:03

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Is there a version of Capital rewritten into modern English style prose for dummies like me who have to re-read every sentence five times to parse what he�s saying?

# ¿ Mar 31, 2024 22:25

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PopZeus posted:

this is coming out later this year but I have no idea if it�s any good or worthwhile

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691190075/capital

fart simpson posted:

thank you!

# ¿ Apr 1, 2024 04:51

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on the topic of commodity fetish, somebody a month or so back explained it like how when you order a burger at a restaurant, it�s as if the burger is a little god that commands a cook to spend time out of their life to prepare the ingredients and cook the burger, commands the waitstaff to spend their energies moving the burger to you, etc. The burger is the agent that acts on the world, and human society around it is just an assembly of components that have been created to serve the burger. I don�t know how complete of an explanation that is, but it�s really good and I can�t stop thinking about it

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 04:23

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dead gay comedy forums posted:

yeah, it's a great way to think about it

Marx grabs the term from the emerging field of anthropology, which comes from a Portuguese synonym of sorcery ("feiti�o") then translated to French ("f�tiche") to describe objects that, although made by regular people, have magical powers much beyond their appearance. The statuettes and carvings seen in certain Western African or Congo Basin nations of the time became the ubiquitous reference for that category. Psychoanalysis would use it later in a way that (funnily enough) is very similar to Marx's intention, but the contemporary popular understanding of "fetishism" became something else that complicates things

that makes a lot of sense!

# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 18:11

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