On May 5th, 1818, Karl Marx, hero of the international proletatiat, was born. His revolution of Socialist theory reverberates throughout the world carries on to this day, in increasing magnitude. Every passing day, he is vindicated. His analysis of Capitalism, development of the theory of Scientific Socialism, and advancements on dialectics to become Dialectical Materialism, have all played a key role in the past century, and have remained ever-more relevant throughout.

He didn’t always rock his famous beard, when he was younger he was clean shaven!

Some significant works:

Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

The Civil War in France

Wage Labor & Capital

Wages, Price, and Profit

Critique of the Gotha Programme

Manifesto of the Communist Party (along with Engels)

The Poverty of Philosophy

And, of course, Capital Vol I-III

Interested in Marxism-Leninism, but don’t know where to start? Check out my “Read Theory, Darn it!” introductory reading list!

  • Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de
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    19 hours ago

    A memes get shared, consequently removed from context and consequently misunderstood. And removed from context, op isn’t around to explain and most people aren’t willing to read or write this much.

    You are right that a meme has to be somewhat simple. Which is why I believe memes should be seen as a somewhat dangerous medium to communicate politics. The radicalization of the right wing was heavily powered by memes.

    As the meme depictes a conversation, it could encourage people to have the conversation like that, and such a conversation wouldn’t be productive.

    Edit: op btw made it clear to me that they wanted to reach the people “here” with his message and seemingly don’t care about possible consequences. Their audience was exclusively intended to be “here”, what I would call the in-group and I am considered about the conversation of out-group and in-group.