On May 5th, 1818, Karl Marx, hero of the international proletatiat, was born. His revolution of Socialist theory reverberates throughout the world carries on to this day, in increasing magnitude. Every passing day, he is vindicated. His analysis of Capitalism, development of the theory of Scientific Socialism, and advancements on dialectics to become Dialectical Materialism, have all played a key role in the past century, and have remained ever-more relevant throughout.

He didn’t always rock his famous beard, when he was younger he was clean shaven!

Some significant works:

Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

The Civil War in France

Wage Labor & Capital

Wages, Price, and Profit

Critique of the Gotha Programme

Manifesto of the Communist Party (along with Engels)

The Poverty of Philosophy

And, of course, Capital Vol I-III

Interested in Marxism-Leninism, but don’t know where to start? Check out my “Read Theory, Darn it!” introductory reading list!

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    The Roman Aqueducts were largely slave driven like the rest of Roman society

    The aqueducts were gravity driven. That was cumulative value add. They were an early form of automation.

    Meanwhile, the cotton gin was slave driven. It still set off a rapid economic expansion in the southern US which mapped neatly to Marxist presumption of capital accumulation.

    Capitalism as an encompassing system is only a few hundred years old

    Industrialization as a global economic enterprise kicked off a few hundred years ago. The human propensity to accumulate wealth and the methods of compounding returns have always been with us.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlOP
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      21 hours ago

      The creation of the aqueducts. I am aware of how they functioned technically.

      Again, though, I think you’re either conflating Capitalism with accumulation in general, or trying to make the argument that I don’t think accumulation existed prior to Capitalism. I’m not really sure where we disagree, to be honest, I’m not sure what point you’re making.