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The rare lib to commie pathway, undertaken by few (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] Rudee@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I started Capital. The first like 20 pages are about value, use value, exchange value... All building up to how money is supposed to be a physical representation of labour... I must persevere, but good lord...๐Ÿ˜“

[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 hours ago

Have you read anything else by Marx prior? It can be pretty intimidating if taken on at first. Personally, I found studying dialectical materialism, Marx's method, to help dramatically with understanding Capital.