• roux [they/them, xe/xem]@hexbear.net
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    The gist of the video is that he is saying most people don’t enjoy reading so use different avenues to engage in radical education with others on the left, like podcasts and videos.

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        Yeah that’s Marx Madness, I listened to their series on Capital while working a shitty job ~5 years ago. No replacement for reading the actual thing but a good introduction to the basic concepts

        • 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs [she/her]@hexbear.net
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          “So they measure the linen in yards? Aren’t they like, European, bro? Wouldn’t they use like metric or some shit?”

          “Yeah bro, but like, it’s a translation and shit, bro”

          “Oh, OK bro. But like, they wear the coats, too? Aren’t they worried about looking like a bunch of [REMOVED]?”

          “Yeah, but like, they’re European, bro – that’s just the style over there.”

          “Oh, OK.”

          “So yeah, like, the classical method for estimating a commodity’s ideal sale price derives from the cumulative value of all of the labor required to produce it, from harvesting and refining raw materials to manufacturing the finished good–”

          “Bro?”

          “Yeah, bro?”

          “I love you, bro.”

          “I love you too, bro.”

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