I’m basically center-left and a market socialist who supports multi-party politics and democracy, and I wish to broaden my horizons on Marx. Sometimes I tell myself “I gotta study Marx”, but I can’t.

I also need help internalizing what I’ve studied about Marxism and incorporate in my political views.

Any answer is appreciated. Thank you!

  • miz [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    Paul Cockshott has published scientific articles numerically demonstrating the labor theory of value

    it sounds like you need to make some posts to c/marxism

    • Paul Cockshott has a YouTube channel where he explains his findings in much more clarity and rigor than I can. He’s a bit of a queerphobe, probably due to him being ancient, and the format of the videos is a poor sound quality voiceover of a slideshow, but they’re there if you want a more accessible entrypoint. His papers are very readable though, he’s fortunately a good communicator in that sense who doesn’t abuse jargon and high register. But if you’re really interested, you can write a followup to this comment. It could be fun to summarize some of his videos in a series of posts to c/Marxism.

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        I am interested but wasn’t trying to give you a big job. I just meant maybe post the most relevant video or paper to the comm

      • QuietCupcake [any, they/them]@hexbear.net
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        But if you’re really interested, you can write a followup to this comment. It could be fun to summarize some of his videos in a series of posts to c/Marxism.

        I for one would very much appreciate this!