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I keep seeing this instance is overrun with tankies so hey, lets do an informal survey like I've seen on hexbear

respond with YES or NO in the first line of your comment and i'll tally everything in a couple of days, lets say I'll try and collect everything on the sunday the 9th (10+gmt sorry)

not sure thisll work, be nice, have fun

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[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

You can absolutely do that, but it may be extremely difficult.

I would personally recommend starting with The Principles of Communism and then following it up with How Marxism Works. Then, you can dive into Wage Labor and Capital and Value, Price, and Profit.

With the easy overviews of Marxism as a whole, and the Marxist critique of Capitalism out of the way, I would go to Socialism: Utopian and Scientific for philosophy, and Critique of the Gotha Programme for Marx's vision of what Socialism may look like. Read the Communist Manifesto now, where you have the background knowledge to fully understand the text and appreciate its fire.

Optionally, add Lenin here. Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism explains how Capitalism has grown since Marx, using ideas laid out by Marx but not fully observable until Lenin. I would say this is actually the most important work for understanding Modern Capitalism, but since it builds on Marx, it's important to read this one after Marx. The State and Revolution is Lenin's other major work, and it goes over the strategy used during the Russian Revolution. Important for historical context, even if you disagree with Lenin here.

All of this combined is, I believe, shorter than 1 full volume of Capital.

Hope that helps!

[โ€“] Binette@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thanks a lot for taking your time to send me all of that. It always shocks me how much all of you know so much about several texts and all.

I'll try my best to read through all of this.

[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 months ago

Imma be honest chief, I'm just a nerd for Socialism and Communism. That's really it, haha.

Let me know if you have any questions!