I am half-way through Volume 1; great read so far.

  • Free PalestineA
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    63 years ago

    I skimmed it, and at this point couldn’t tell you anything other than LINEN

    • Makan ☭ CPUSAOP
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      53 years ago

      Linen this, linen that

      Can’t he talk about a different types of fabric like canvas?

      Too much linen favoritism.

      • Free PalestineA
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        63 years ago

        I’d much prefer to know the labour value of woollen goods!

        • Muad'DibberMA
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          73 years ago

          Those first chapters are a rough read for sure. I remember the final point being to show that these quantities obfuscate or hide the fact that these are really relations between people / producers.

  • Muad'DibberMA
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    63 years ago

    Just an audiobook of volume 1, but I see 2 and 3 cited more often usually, so I’ll have to read those sometime.

    • Makan ☭ CPUSAOP
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      63 years ago

      Better if you read it directly to absorb it.

      Do NOT use the version at marxists.org because reading a section or chapter in one go is tiresome.

      PDF files from Z Library would be better, imho, as you can save your page.

      But yes, read or listen to Volume 2 and 3 online on or on audiobook.

  • Ian
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    43 years ago

    I have only read Volume 1. I read it in college in a reading circle as part of an independent study.

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
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    43 years ago

    I got through the first volume. I found first half somewhat tedious if I’m honest, but the second half is fantastic. I see how the first half sets up the foundation for the rest, but it’s still a slog.

    • Makan ☭ CPUSAOP
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      33 years ago

      I liked the part where Karl Marx pointed out that Britain also had an opium crisis.

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
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        63 years ago

        Yeah, there are a lot of great bits like that in it. These are a few of my personal favorites that are extremely relevant today:

        • this basically explains how gig economy works

        • this is why there was such a big push to reopen the economy despite a raging pandemic

        • explanation of how we ended up with the whole 1% scenario

        • and finally how automation always ends up being turned against the workers

        • Makan ☭ CPUSAOP
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          43 years ago

          You can definitely see Marx explaining things in a metaphysical sense and one that relies a lot on phenomenology (rather than economic positivism that we usually see nowadays).

        • Makan ☭ CPUSAOP
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          33 years ago

          I mean, they did have a domestic one in Great Britain. Karl Marx was documenting this fact.

  • @housefinch
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    43 years ago

    Just have volume 4 to go, was told to read vol 4 before 3 but I didn’t listen.

  • T34 [they/them]
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    23 years ago

    I’m on Volume 3 now. These are the most important books I’ve ever read and 3 is the best IMO. Hard reads, though, ofc.