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  • Cowbee [he/they]
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    4 months ago

    I absolutely agree with the importance of developing solid understanding of dialectical materialism early, that’s why it’s the first section on my list after the basics like Principles of Communism. My intention is to make it easily digestible and complete for a beginner, not to be the end-all be-all list. If I made such a complete list, I’d of course put those longer and more complex works on it, but my target is the absolute beginner.