Status Updates From Le Capital, livre 1

Pierwszy rozdział to droga przez mękę, ale dalej czyta się już dużo łatwiej. Pierwszy rozdział to pretty much jakby się czytało podręcznik dowodów matematycznych, ale w 19 wiecznej prozie man

Section on manufacture is great for seeing into Marx's later understanding of alienation. There's a strong current of Aristotelian republican ethics, favouring the well rounded development of the individual. Freedom from domination would mean, eventually, freedom from even proletarian domination, which is enacted upon not only capitalists but also working people themselves as individuals.

Gosh this is soooo Germanphilosopher

Finally MONEY has come onstage and we can get this show going

slowly getting there... as I have started it linearly this time. I'm sick of people assigning random chapters.

I'm taking notes as I read, have 816 words written already. I've learned a lot so far! I'm a biomedical researcher and I lowkey slept through economy in high school

labor theory of value acc does make sense; rare things are valuable bc it takes more labor to obtain them

This book is giving me ADHD. I think it's going to get easier once he finishes defining his terms. I think more math and less sentences would have been beneficial here but I'm like a math guy so

Finished chapter 2

My Infinite Jest