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Finally finished the third volume of Capital. Not going to lie, it was a challenge and quite a journey, but well worth it. Rip to the many, many highlighters that gave their lives for this endeavor.

marx-hi AMA!

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[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Overall, I'd say yes. It has some of his most important insights that really build on the basic analyses in Vol 2 to show how capitalism is a historically transitory mode of production that contains within itself the seeds of its own abolishment. If anything I'd say if you've already gotten through Vol 2, which can be pretty dry at times, you might as well.

On the other hand, it also has some difficult parts. The stuff about ground rent is kinda wowee and some parts that are fragmentary (like Vol 2)

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

Are you referring mainly to the falling rate of profit, or are there other conclusions worth knowing about?

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

That's the big one, but discussions of the credit system and ficticious capital as well

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