Status Updates From Der Ursprung der Familie, d...

When I was a wee little idealist I told people to read Plato's *Symposium*. Now I think I'd just tell them to read Engels.

restarting because I lost my notes alongside my SSD... anyways its a text that opens up more when rereading (I hope)

Definitely opened my eyes to a lot of things, outdated sociology aside. The first class defeat in history was the defeat of women to men — and patriarchy/patrilineal inheritance was the direct byproduct of material necessity. Engels shows why with the evolution of the ability for mem to accumulate surplus with animals, slaves, etc. in constrast to women, who became "slaves to his lust" (correct) with their overthrow.