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Kevin Holmes I appreciate the revolutionary spirit! I think he got a lot of things right as well, although the "end of history" and "dictatorship of the proletaria…moreI appreciate the revolutionary spirit! I think he got a lot of things right as well, although the "end of history" and "dictatorship of the proletariate" bits didn't age well...
I would also feel remiss not to mention that Marx was an extremely hard worker, one of the most brilliant minds in modern history, and as attached to the "Communist" movements of the 20th C as much as Darwin was attached to Naziism. I do wish (American) people would let the Cold War end and try to read him with even half the charity they offer to quite literally every other historical thinker (Locke, Hamilton, Mill, Jefferson, Kant...).(less)

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I really like this book and it fills me with spirit to overthrow the Bourguise and establish a new communist government in order to benefit the people of the Communist party?

L. Gorsuch To benefit the working class*

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"The bourgeoisie, by the rapid improvement of all instruments of production, by the immensely facilitated means of communication, draws all, even the most barbarian, nations into civilisation." I dont know how Marx managed to still dislike capitalism after making this observation? Capitalism is the great equalizer he was looking for

Alex He was of the opinion that capitalism did all the good work it could do but has outlived its usefulness. The same was true of feudalism once, back whe…moreHe was of the opinion that capitalism did all the good work it could do but has outlived its usefulness. The same was true of feudalism once, back when it supplanted the slave economies. The history of mankind since the stone age is the history of progress, with each stage becoming superior to the one before it. An actual Marxist might tell you it's more complicated than that, but this is the general idea.(less)

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