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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
challenging
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I did not want to give this book a 5 out of 5. It is dense, relentlessly verbose, and needs a 300 page warm up just to get to the good parts. Its endless examples beats a dead horse to a fine red mist.
Yet. There are few books that will give you insights as much as this one. It fundamentally changed how I view the world and the mechanisms that govern it. These 1000 pages radiate with analytical potential.
It is also chock full of emotion, which I did not expect. In between the statistics and definitions there is anger. So much anger. Marx raves about labor conditions, the conditions of children, the conditions of housing, the conditions of the agricultural worker. He dredges up the horrific injuries, horrific hours, horrific "cottages," horrific life of the proletarian. And he is fucking pissed.
Read this book. Its good.
Yet. There are few books that will give you insights as much as this one. It fundamentally changed how I view the world and the mechanisms that govern it. These 1000 pages radiate with analytical potential.
It is also chock full of emotion, which I did not expect. In between the statistics and definitions there is anger. So much anger. Marx raves about labor conditions, the conditions of children, the conditions of housing, the conditions of the agricultural worker. He dredges up the horrific injuries, horrific hours, horrific "cottages," horrific life of the proletarian. And he is fucking pissed.
Read this book. Its good.
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challenging
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Uff, he really seems to like hearing himself talking i.e. his own writings. This could have been a MUCH smaller book if he wouldn't have been rambling on and on for pages on end.
I actually feel sorry for everyone to had to read it for school.
I actually feel sorry for everyone to had to read it for school.
challenging
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Marx is difficult to read. He is not a good writer and rambles on quite a bit, so having other sources to reference or listening to summaries of chapters can be very helpful. He often repeats himself so often that it's hard to really say if you've heard enough of a chapter to skip. Regardless, this is a manual into socialist philosophy no matter it's deviations and worth reading if you are interested In these topics, socialist or not.
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