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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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[-] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Let's go Mariners baby luv da Mariners

tony-cheer ⚾🔱

[-] Kolibri@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago
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[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Pretty sure I’ve been sucked into following competitive Pokemon as a legitimate sport. I’ve never really been fond of esports because nothing stuck out but a few Wolfe Glick videos later and I can’t get enough.

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[-] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

i like how I used to be able to google "how many cubic feet in 3385 cubic inches" and it do the math for me so i don't gotta use my thinker, but now when i do that it answers with the fucking AI and judging by the 4 extra bags of dirt i bought, not correctly

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[-] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Is there any good (not cringe) modern communist music? Doesn't have to be in English

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[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Is there a reason Pokemon VGC is double battles and not singles?

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[-] psychoplantkiller@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Looking at a map trying to figure out how the hell Bangladesh was once a part of Pakistan. monke-beepboop

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[-] Wmill@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Turned on the radio today like some freak and hear an ad for a hardware store 2 towns over, they selling guns now. I know it shouldn't be shocking living in amerikkka where you can get one at walmart but it did phase me a bit.

depression/suicide/alcoholI've thought of getting a gun before but money makes it not an option not to mention I worried if I ever get big sad that you know. I'm feeling fine now and trying my best to make a future instead of the passive living I used to do but old habits are hard to break. Been hard sober now for probably 2 maybe 3 years now, been trying to eat better and exercise consistently and I got some plans for the future if somewhat hazy. Idk thinking about the somewhat ease of firearms has put me in a mood.

I look forward to the collapse of this cursed land just sucks I have to live through it/my spite means I'm gonna enjoy seeing it burn.

[-] cricbuzz@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

I'm going to host a Foucault conference called Panopti-Con

[-] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Got deep into anbennar lore and Aelnar is really easily most fucked up and scary, elf zionist ass faction (luckily they canonically got reduced to 1 floating castle)

[-] Rojo27@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

I want to sleep, but I'm covering at at different location again and the managers from the other company here are ready to pounce on anyone from my company that is slacking so they can tattle on usobama-sad

[-] Blockocheese@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Mightve fucked up building my computer kitty-cri

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[-] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

It is so hard to not make terrible jokes about the new pope and alter boys right now. Like, I know better and how we shouldn't joke about such things, but like I have not done enough self crit so they drive is there

[-] plinky@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

i have watched flee recently, and i have very contradictory feeling about the main character

spoilerhis bro is the real hero, sacrificing his life to help family, while the main character is like "they sacrificed so much for me, i gotta rise and grind for them". although he is obviously fucked from the lying about family and stuff, which maybe the reason for avoiding people (coupled with fears of coming out) deeper-sadness great movie anyway

[-] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Which would you rather have as a side with vegan chicken tikka masala

Rajma masala (curried red kidney beans) with rice

Or

Rajma pulao (red kidney bean rice pilaf)

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[-] Wmill@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago
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[-] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

The 10th star wars movie should start with aboleth/yuuzhan vong/the griss gather up all stormtroopers, declare them cringe, and kill them so hard they get wiped from existence that no obe remembers them

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[-] plinky@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago
[-] Comrade_Mushroom@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Junking and trunking

[-] CDommunist@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

birger pope

[-] forcefemjdwon@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Saitō Kōhei is right — Marx (and thus Marxists, until Saitō arrived) was completely wrong to assert "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of the development of the productive forces."

[-] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago
[-] Keld@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

"Oh I think the USSR space program, the support of Cuba and other revolutions, the crushing of the Hungarian anti-communists and commieblocks were based. You know who I hate though? Khruschchev"

-Hexbear.

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[-] jjsandwich7@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

This is probably just me having anxiety about my health, but I feel a lump in my armpit. It doesn’t hurt or anything but it’s been here for about a month or so. I thought it was a pimple at first, but it hasn’t shrunk or gotten larger since. I have a doctors appointment soon and I’m hoping they just tell me it’s nothing. Like I said it’s probably me just being paranoid and what not.

[-] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Probably a big ol ingrown hair or abcess.

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[-] homhom9000@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

How much more time do we have until collapse? I can't take working any longer.

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[-] Moss@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

started watching house md. wilson is so hot

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