00:00 – Marx: A Complete Guide to Capitalism
02:30 – One: Inverting Hegel’s Ideas
16:12 – Two: Alienation
30:21 – Three: The Economic Turn and Dialectical Materialism
41:33 – Four: The Communist Manifesto (1848)
50:19 – Five: Capital
54:06 – Six: Commodities
01:00:39 – Seven: The Labour Theory of Value
01:07:16 – Eight: Money & Commodity Fetishism
01:15:46 – Nine: Surplus Value
01:30:07- Ten: Forces, relations, bases, and superstructures
01:36:07 – Eleven: Technology & Productivity
01:47:32 – Twelve: Class Struggle X Revolution
01:57:44 – Thirteen: Communism
02:06:46 – Fourteen: Conclusion
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Lovely content. I'm still not sure though why our 'capitalists' can't use the available technology to drive down prices in tandem with their exploitative competitors but instead of pocketing the excess, distribute it fairly among the workers who are doing the same work as their competitors. As word gets out, the market will reward the companies who treat their workers better, since people will be more willing to purchase those products. Though based in the material realities of his (our) age, it seems perhaps.. naively pessimistic, perhaps we could say, to assume as a matter of course that the forces that drive down prices are necessarily bad for the workers, since the excess capital could well be fairly shared instead of hoarded by the 'capitalists' as they… well, to be fair, always seem to be thus far. It'll always be cheaper to work people harder, in worse conditions, but given the tremendous, obscene excess wealth that our 'Top Capitalists' have, it seems readily possible for a decent, sustainable distribution. Or is it naively optimistic to assume it could be otherwise?
You speak in anapests. I'm dizzy from this horseback ride.
SO fucking good
Dint tell me you actually believe in this crap Marx ideologies. What about a thorough biography of his life so we can use his life as a judge of how we should navigate everything else 🤔
I had an idiot that was completely convinced that communism meant that there was no economy at all. 🤦
The funniest part of capitalists assuming that Marxist somehow creates worse products because "innovation & competition" & other buzzwords😂 is that we live in a capitalist society that has monopolies that are the "most successful" but also create a universally hated product thats planned obsolescence.😂 Capitalists make worse products and force people to accept it by dominating the market and being the only ones around
His famous quote, “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, the point is to change it,”
summarizes his belief in action over abstract thinking.
was looking forward to this – excellent stuff – thank you 💃✌🥊😊
I think communism is idealism because in order for communism to work you'd have to have the vast majority of people agree to it and defend it. The vast majority of people would need to see value in community, humility, and tolerance of the other.
Unfortunately, majority of people don't tolerate different cultures because they think theirs is superior or correct. They would also prefer to get ahead. They would prefer to have the upperhand. It's very difficult to stop people that believe in power instead of humility because people that believe in power are willing to use violence where people that practice humility generally arent.
And before anyone says anything, I'm not referring to a dictatorial communism. That is not what anyone wants because they're more dangerous than capitalists.
The communism Marx talks about requires the vast majority of people to cooperate and be humble which doesn't require a government. It is a utopia of sorts. What Jesus and other prominent spiritual leaders arguably fight for, but religious extremists never agree to.
My deepest gratitude for making this video. All the labor behind it gives a new meaning to the Labor Theory of Value 🙂
if you want to fix the world all you have to do is remove the system not try to find one that works, because it will never work. It actually cant because there is no way someone knows better about whats best for you than yourself. And therefor there is only voluntarism that can ever work in the long run. Etienne de la Boetie is a far better read.
This is crap. Marx was a nefarious influencer, his stupid ideas had bad effects on inept leaders and humanity had to suffer because of that. A parasite leaching on other parasites. Communism is a cancer that should not spread or be applied anywhere. Large scale genocide was committed in the name of communism, Eastern Europe, Russia, China, South Korea and so on are the best example where it was implemented for decades but in the end failed. Don't let this false ideology control you. Mind you, they will do whatever is necessary to brainwash you and censor you just to see their ill agenda implemented.
UNBEARABLE ! Ideologies are semantics black masturbation
Socialism doesn't work.
at least I have democratic freedom probably a derogatory thing where your from here were permitted to defend ourselves from tyrannical forces included our government if need be with guns. Those who work harder get more 💪. And yes a complicated system, but one founded upon individual freedom witch comes at the cost of defending it. Also let's not try to erase human nature and handle our suffering like cucs.
Only today I realize my thought process resembles a lot with Marx.
1. Marx was parasite of Engels, Marx doesnt work in factories in his whole life.
2. Marx was financed by Rothschilds because he need money to expand the ideology
3. Marx was a very racist against Slavs and Blacks
Do you want more facts?
Either socialism is the future of humanity or humanity has no future
I don’t care about any Jewish thinking ever
"Humans, humans humans humans" Keep applying these abstract categories to competing nations. As if the struggle against other organisms, the struggle for survival in time doesnt take primacy over value exploitation. I wonder how israel got into the position where it is today, where anyone who opposes them gets strong armed to the dirt like a slave. INTeresting…