WLaC and VPaP are both pamphlets, Capital is a collection of large Volumes. The ideas presented in WLaC and VPaP are simple, straightforward, and deliberately written for the common worker, unlike Capital, which was directed towards academics.
I hear and understand your point, but unfortunately in my experience trying to distill these ideas even further in Lemmy comments, and feed people individually piece by piece, results in far more questions and time investment than simply reading the texts.
… anyways good luck appealing to people who already agree with you, and people who have already heard of these ideas and rejected them.
I’m appealing to people who recognize that Capitalism isn’t working, but don’t yet fully understand the mechanics of why.
Marxist are just plain shit at selling their ideas. That’s your ideologies entire problem.
It is indeed a struggle to teach Marxist concepts within society dominated by Liberalism, yes. That doesn’t make the struggle pointless. If Marxism is indeed a correct method of analysis, like I believe it is, then it will continue to prove itself as such without care for the ideas held by society.
Are you trying to sell ideas and concepts, a worldview, or are you trying to set political science homework…
… anyways good luck appealing to people who already agree with you, and people who have already heard of these ideas and rejected them.
Marxist are just plain shit at selling their ideas. That’s your ideologies entire problem.
WLaC and VPaP are both pamphlets, Capital is a collection of large Volumes. The ideas presented in WLaC and VPaP are simple, straightforward, and deliberately written for the common worker, unlike Capital, which was directed towards academics.
I hear and understand your point, but unfortunately in my experience trying to distill these ideas even further in Lemmy comments, and feed people individually piece by piece, results in far more questions and time investment than simply reading the texts.
I’m appealing to people who recognize that Capitalism isn’t working, but don’t yet fully understand the mechanics of why.
It is indeed a struggle to teach Marxist concepts within society dominated by Liberalism, yes. That doesn’t make the struggle pointless. If Marxism is indeed a correct method of analysis, like I believe it is, then it will continue to prove itself as such without care for the ideas held by society.