Is there a brainlet version of das kapital? I don't wanna read the original obtuse text

is there a brainlet version of das kapital? I don't wanna read the original obtuse text

just skim the wikipedia article, like you would for any other book

How brainlet do you want?

Marx’s Capital by Ben Fine is a suitable substitute if you want to exchange a 800 page book for a 300 page one.

Though in all honest Capital isn’t that hard of a read. The first couple chapters can be challenging, but if you are here I presume you are somewhat use to reading things not written in a casual tone. The read challenge of the book is just it’s length, more than anything and after chapter 3 the next 30 or so chapters really aren’t that bad. Occasionally boring or tedious, but not difficult. I actually think it’s a great book, and it’s filled with literary references to Balzac and Shakespeare. All the reference to ghosts and vampires were very topical since there was an ongoing gothic horror wave in his life. True lit fans will probably appreciate Capital more than your average politics nerd because it was intentionally crafted as world literature.

Other than that the introduction to Ernest Mandel’s Marxist Economic Theory is often sold as its own piece because it’s such a good concise introduction, clocking in at around 60pages iirc.

If you want it in something like meme format, I’m not sure I can help.

das kapital is the brainlet version

>marx
>not already brainlet

just browse tumblr for 10 minutes

Read Value Price and profit by Marx, it is fairly short (~30 pages) and introduces you to some of the most important aspects of Marx' theory and uses fairly accessible language as it was originally intended to be some kind of speech if I recall correctly.
Wage labour and capital serves the same purpose, but with a slightly different focus. Ideally you should read both.
They are both of course available for free online.

This would be the equivalent of talking to drunk neo-nazies to understand Evloa

It's more like talking to Osteenbros to understand Aquinas.

"Die deutsche Ideologie" is much, much more of an essential read for an aspiring philosopher. "Das Kapital" I would consider a special interests book for dedicated Marxists (in a philosophical sense, not necessarily political) or those with interest in economics.

Only the first volume is relevant though, unless you really want to read his ramblings about Stirner.

Also, if you want an easy text which is mainly political, you should read Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Engels

Why do people insist on calling these things by their German names??

Though I agree that Pt.1 of The German Ideology is really the most essential layout of what “Marxism” means, it lays out the basic Marxist world view. Don’t bother with anything past Pt.1, it’s all just ranting about other contemporary philosophers who frankly don’t matter.

The Introduction to “Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy” is like a 2 page summary of the basic Marxist mindset.

>it’s all just ranting about other contemporary philosophers who frankly don’t matter.
Well, it does help contextualize and give greater insight into the phenomenon of German Idealism, remember that all philosophy is essentially dialogic.

>Why do people insist on calling these things by their German names??
Why avoid being more precise when there's no cost to doing so?
It also sounds cooler
>De Brevitate Vitae --> On the shortness of Life
>Βατραχομυομαχία --> The war between frogs and mouses

People bashing Marx are the most retarded, ever. Marx was right, his analysis of society the best there is. Now if only right wingers admitted this then they could produce an actual counter movement to the system. But no, they haven't read Marx or comprehend it, so they'll keep advocating for a system whose only final conclusion is what marx predicted. I honestly can't tell who is dumber. The leftists who embrace the inevitable dystopian future, without ever acknowledging that it will lead to the end of humanity, or the rightists who close their eyes and fight tooth and nails to reinforce the system that feeds Marx's predictions.

>Marx was right, his analysis of society the best there is
I think Marx is essential to anyone, but I certainly do not agree with this.

Obviously, since Marx wrote a century and a half ago. He couldn't know what present technology would entail. Read Ellul if you want a more up to date analysis, but you'll realize it's still entirely grounded in marxism and historical materialism. 'Progress' is leading us straight to technological eschaton.

I think that historical materialism IS essential, perhaps even THE essential modern idea

So basically Nick Lands vision of a production mode without need for humans?

Every work of literature should be called by its original name, "The Trial" and "Growth of the Soil" sound retarded.
By a similar note, anglos should stop calling München and Bayern Munich and Bavaria.

Yes, this is very true, but I think it is pathology.
Fire up your fedora images, because I really do not think ANYONE holds a candle to Spengler's theory of history. "Acceleration" falls by its very own presupposition of perpetual forward motion, growth and development.

Even Adorno said there was something to Spengler, and that Spengler needed to be turned on his head like Hegel to extract its funemental truth.

Sprengler completely ignores material conditions, which is false. Every revolution in recent times can be ultimately best explained by palpable material circumstances of life.

I am not familiar with Nick Land but yes, that's what technological progress entails.
You seem to understand as you call historical materialism a pathology. Acceleration is indeed limited by its own presupposition, but if technological progress (bioengineering) hits us before the pathology is cured, we will be doomed anyways as you cannot reverse certain effects of technology. We need to get rid of the technological system before it transforms us into something that's not reversible. I wish it was any other way, but we'll have to give up a lot in order for humanity to live on.

who the f*ck wrote so much anyways
what a nosocialife loser he was!

I believe this is profoundly reductive, material circumstance does not necessarily correlate with vitality or lack thereof.
I believe the biosphere itself will make that choice for us, and those that chose to be on the periphery will rise from the ashes.

i know right, what a fucking dweeb

sad!

Have you ever thought that maybe he's German speaker? I read in Spanish and is a pain in the ass everytime I have to translate every title.

It's more like talking to Veeky Forums to understand Marx

more like eco-weeb hehe

any version of das kapital is the brainlet version