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The Communist Manifesto
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bookshelves: penguin-little-black-classics, european, nonfiction, philosophy, finance, 2018
Jun 29, 2011
bookshelves: penguin-little-black-classics, european, nonfiction, philosophy, finance, 2018
“Political power, properly so called, is merely the organised power of one class for oppressing another.”
― Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
Vol 20 of my Penguin Little Black Classics Box Set. To be clear, I'm not giving this 5-stars because I'm a Communist just waiting start a revolution (not that I'm against a good revolution here or there)*. I do come from a religious tradition that experimented in the 1800s with ideas of consecration and communalism. They called it the United Order. Even with a charismatic leader and the hope of Zion, it was a failed experiment.
As an economic system, I think there are serious flaws built into Marxism/Communism or any of the isms that derived from Marx and Engles ideas. That said, there are also SERIOUS flaws with Capitalism, Christianism, etc. I think the idea that there is one perfect economic dogma for all levels and all people and all societies is a bit naive. Anyway, I'm giving this 5-stars because it is a helluva tract. It, obviously, lit a fire that spread quickly through Europe, Asia, etc. Love it or hate it, we are all living in a world that has been marked by Marx. Personally, I dig Das Kapital more. I LOVE Marxist theory way more than Marxist practice.
* My wife and I DID have a cat in college named Marx.
― Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
Vol 20 of my Penguin Little Black Classics Box Set. To be clear, I'm not giving this 5-stars because I'm a Communist just waiting start a revolution (not that I'm against a good revolution here or there)*. I do come from a religious tradition that experimented in the 1800s with ideas of consecration and communalism. They called it the United Order. Even with a charismatic leader and the hope of Zion, it was a failed experiment.
As an economic system, I think there are serious flaws built into Marxism/Communism or any of the isms that derived from Marx and Engles ideas. That said, there are also SERIOUS flaws with Capitalism, Christianism, etc. I think the idea that there is one perfect economic dogma for all levels and all people and all societies is a bit naive. Anyway, I'm giving this 5-stars because it is a helluva tract. It, obviously, lit a fire that spread quickly through Europe, Asia, etc. Love it or hate it, we are all living in a world that has been marked by Marx. Personally, I dig Das Kapital more. I LOVE Marxist theory way more than Marxist practice.
* My wife and I DID have a cat in college named Marx.
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Jun 09, 2018 01:29PM
I'm guessing this is a bit short on laughs....
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Campbell wrote: "I'm guessing this is a bit short on laughs...."Marx does take himself VERY seriously. Perhaps, a few more jokes in the CM might have changed the vector of 20th Century Communism. More Marx Brothers, less Angry Karl.
Oh now that's a roadmap for the 20th century I'd pay good money (capitalism FTW) to see!
Now all you need to do is read Animal Farm by George Orwell
Stephen wrote: "Now all you need to do is read Animal Farm by George Orwell"I've almost read ALL of Orwell, including Animal Farm. Still need to finish his essays and some of his minor fiction (Clergyman's Daughter, etc).
The Historiography had more relevance today rather than the Polemic contained in the book.
Thanks Spell Check!
"Now all you need to do is read Animal Farm by George Orwell" Stephen Robert Collins Interesting you bring up Orwell, seeing as how he fought shoulder to shoulder with Socialists and Anarchists during the Spanish Civil War against Fascists.
Perhaps you've read another of his books, I believe it's called 1984?
Jason wrote: ""Now all you need to do is read Animal Farm by George Orwell" Stephen Robert Collins Interesting you bring up Orwell, seeing as how he fought shoulder to shoulder with Socialists and Anarchists d..."
Ha! Yup. Orwell is great.
