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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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[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago
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[-] Goblin@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

New pope? Yeah, I fucked him.

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[-] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

Damn, me getting ratioed by bigots for saying that rules against eating pork were based in valid public health concerns.

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[-] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

I love listening to your little piss-ant fascists trying to talk tough. They make me laugh. If Stalin were here, he'd laugh too.

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[-] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Cat I'm taking care of won't stop peeing on things :(

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[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago
[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Genuinely looks incredible, but lol kinda funny that you need over $300 million to get something that looks like a credible departure from the PS4.

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[-] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Okay so it's like MTV Cribs except it's MTV Crypts and we get to see how famous musicians from the 80's-2000's got buried

[-] Carl@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Getting my car professionally detailed cuz I think I'm probably going to have to drive for uber this month, I lifted up the back seats and found almost an entire dog worth of Husky fur hiding there. Tipped the guy an extra $15 cuz that's probably the worst car he'll see all day, lmao

[-] Carl@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

oof tires are expensive

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

New pope is also infallible. The conclave has done it again. Undefeated record.

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[-] Comrade_Mushroom@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Hot dang they're doing more X-Files with a good director? Fuck yeah

[-] HarryLime@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago
[-] HarryLime@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago
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[-] lurker_supreme@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Is "YouTube poop" art?

Is ASMR art?

Are geocities webpages art?

Is computer code art? Is GitHub an art gallery?

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[-] RION@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Are we dealing with a Woke Pope, folks? Is this a Woke Pope??

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[-] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Chatting with my anti communist dad is always really funny, because he says a lot of things directed at communism that happen in capitalist countries. And I’m just sitting with a cringe and pained look on my face.

[-] Keld@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Has anyone considered whether the sparrows had bad vibes

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[-] Blockocheese@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Was cutting up broccoli and found a little caterpillar comfy

They were still moving (thankfully I didn't cut them) so I out them outside

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[-] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

whelp, i'm now posting from a linux build running on a macbook pro.

installing some stuff onto it still, just dont know what to do with this laptop now.

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[-] MikeyChaz@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Tried to make romantic breakfast bed for my gf who had a bad week but I burned some pancakes and now she feels even worse. I’m like joker

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[-] lurker_supreme@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Why do t they ever do anything cool for this pope bullshit why is everything so somber gothic-core. Bless a giant goddamn barrel of wine and make a Jesus blood swimming pool or somethngn. You boring old fucks

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[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Gonna write an epic power metal song called "Goonbringer"

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[-] Aquilae@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Anki my beloved

Don't know what I'd do without it tbh

[-] Keld@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Something something we'll get a new pope before gta vi

[-] Rojo27@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Went out for drinks for the second time in the span of four days and I've become a lightweight all over again. Got really buzzed after 3 beers and a couple of meh shots the first time and still feeling a bit tipsy from 3 beers tonight. Pretty sure I was able to handle 5 at one point, but maybe I'm just imagining things too... idkkiryu-stare

[-] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

"no one can go to the father without going through the son"

Christians solidarity me to my dad's girlfriends

[-] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

I guess my gf is out getting a tattoo and i hope she doesn't pick the dumb looking one (Sam Lake drew some spiral with an arrow pointing to the middle going "you are here" and i think it's a terrible, terrible tattoo idea because it looks like a child or a dementia patient attempting to draw a clock drew it, just this thin spiral drawn by a clearly unsteady hand) but i guess we'll see!

[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Luigi Mangione elected pope

[-] CocteauChameleons@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Found this album thats like hardcore and pop punk but with j pop choruses and hooks. You really don’t know what you need until you find it

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[-] HarryLime@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago
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[-] Wmill@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Let's gooo lets-fucking-go my last dream confirmed something I always knew was true, me vs any child no matter how trained I win

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[-] plinky@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

is my kitty doing shenanigans when i sleep or no? he sometimes finds cables to munch so i chase him out of a room, but i sleep with open door, and the cables are always uneaten. maybe he thinks it's like a funny game where i chase him out meow-cactus

[-] HarryLime@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago
[-] Carl@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

taking a break from catching up on all my late linux scripting homework to post in the new mega

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

No one at work got the joke when I was writing the date on stuff and singing to the tune of Ace of Spades by Motorhead

It's the 8th of May

The 8th of may

[-] someone@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

NSFW: DIY woodworking, frank BDSM and rough sex talk, and Christian blasphemy.Last sunday I made an accessory to bondage play, with a sacrilege twist. It's since been stress-tested and it's holding together extremely well even for a prototype.

It started with an idea I got from a friend who's into succubus-fantasy play. She said she'd had a fantasy of playing a succubus who seduces a humble priest. I asked what if the priest turns it around, and "exorcises" the succubus by forcing them to wear a huge cross while the priest dominates them?

I had some spare good-quality 25mm hardwood dowel and various metal attachment hardware kicking around. This was the concept, and once I laid them on the floor I knew instantly that I hit on a fun idea.

Assembly was very simple. A bit of work with my new favourite tool, wood glue and dowel pins, lots of rounds of sanding and staining with a body-safe stain, and fitting the metal hardware and it was done. Super easy.

At first I was planning to do solid black, but as I did the multiple rounds of sanding and staining, I found I really liked the weathered look.

Of course I wanted the design to be symmetrical, so that the cross could either be right-side-up or upside-down depending on the play mood. It's roughly 30cm long excluding the metal hardware.

[-] miz@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago
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