Karl Marx, born on this day in 1818, was a foundational political theorist and journalist associated with the philosophy of Marxism.
Among Marx's best-known texts are the "The Communist Manifesto" and the three-volume "Das Kapital", in which he set out to define and explain the behavior of the capitalist mode of production.
Marx's political and philosophical thought have had enormous influence on subsequent intellectual, economic and political history, and his name has been used as an adjective, a noun, and a school of social theory.
Marx's critical theories about society, economics and politics - collectively understood as Marxism - hold that human societies develop through class conflict. In capitalism, this manifests itself in the conflict between the ruling classes (known as the bourgeoisie) that control the means of production, and the working classes (known as the proletariat) that enable these means by selling their labor power in return for wages.
Employing a critical approach known as historical materialism, Marx concluded that, like previous socio-economic systems, capitalism produced internal tensions which would lead to its self-destruction and replacement by a new system known as socialism.
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Sup DORKS! How are you lovelies today?
I'm going well, I came back from a weekend in Taipei with a friend and it was pretty fun. The National Palace Museum is absolutely fantastic and if I go back to Taipei some day I'll definitely go back to visit it more thoroughly. I guess it's a bit weird that I really didn't see much of lib island so far, despite being here for a few months now; I'd want to see more of it before I leave since I don't see my self returning to
too soon after this semester ends.
eh.
I'm...eh
Yea
I ate so much garlic pasta for lunch and now im so full
Fuuuuuck I am so jealous give me that shit
too late. all in my tummy
I walked for 8 hours, accidentally went into Belgium then collapsed on the sidewalk while searching for food (I passed 10 restaurants but all were closed)
How the hell do you accidentally go to Belgium?
The EU borders are often just not marked. I was walking down a jungle path talking to my mom then bam, my internet goes out. That's how I know I've gotten deep into Belgium.
I've lived in countries that are surrounded by sea all my life, so that sort of thing blows my mind