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Originally Posted by Blarobbarg
The Communist Manifesto
I've never read it before, I figured it was about time. I don't consider myself a Communist (at least, not yet), but there's a lot of interesting stuff in here, and a lot to think about. I'll probably read it twice since it's so short, to really understand it as best as I can.
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His essays on topics besides economics are well worth reading. Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of right, the materialist conception of history (and his deconstruction of the french revolution, for example), his views on journalism, on the British Empire and its (then) colony of India, the Habsburg monarchy and on the free city of Trieste for instance, the Jewish question...not to mention, his doctoral thesis on the difference between Democritus and Epicurus view of nature isn't too shabby either (although seems slightly rushed.) Hours and hours of reading (and re-reading probably) would ensue. And then you begin to wonder...slightly discredited in the 21st century - maybe, but he did get it right quite often.