Karl Marx, born on this day in 1818, was a foundational political theorist and journalist associated with the philosophy of Marxism.
Among Marx's best-known texts are the "The Communist Manifesto" and the three-volume "Das Kapital", in which he set out to define and explain the behavior of the capitalist mode of production.
Marx's political and philosophical thought have had enormous influence on subsequent intellectual, economic and political history, and his name has been used as an adjective, a noun, and a school of social theory.
Marx's critical theories about society, economics and politics - collectively understood as Marxism - hold that human societies develop through class conflict. In capitalism, this manifests itself in the conflict between the ruling classes (known as the bourgeoisie) that control the means of production, and the working classes (known as the proletariat) that enable these means by selling their labor power in return for wages.
Employing a critical approach known as historical materialism, Marx concluded that, like previous socio-economic systems, capitalism produced internal tensions which would lead to its self-destruction and replacement by a new system known as socialism.
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Question for the people that are actually not afraid of talking to others. How should I ask people if they want to hang out? I haven't seen some friends in almost 7 months and I want to see them again. Should I just ask them if they want to get lunch or dinner somewhere? Thats what I think I might do tomorrow if I don't get so scared of talking
Just be aware that there are plenty of reasons to be unavailable so the chance of attendence is like 40-70%. It's not personal at all and if it was there'd be signs. The yes and no have little to do with how you present the idea so I'd just be clear with date, time, location, and purpose in the invitation
If they're friends you can just ask if they want to do something, yeah.
How about just telling them that you'll be somewhere, and letting them know they're invited if they want to join you?