this post was submitted on 05 May 2025
2 points (100.0% liked)

Memes

52175 readers
670 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml
cyclohexane@lemmy.ml
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml
2
Happy Birthday, Karl Marx! (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Cowbee@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml
18 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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!

top 18 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

smh why do libs have to embarrass themselves everytime there is a reference to Marx

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

I'll be honest, I picked this meme precisely because I knew it would draw out liberals, and I think it's been effective in convincing a few people to reconsider their prior understanding.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Because they are taught to never, ever, read any of his books. It's the Necronomicon for them.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 points 4 months ago

Communism is human nature. Communism existed in the Americas and Australia for thousands of years. It probably existed in the rest of the world too before agriculture, but our historical records from other regions were destroyed. By contrast, Australia has the most intact ancient histories in the world.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Peter Kropotkin comes flying down from the sky in a cape:

"Mutual aid is human nature and a factor of evolution"

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Maybe not have him be represented as a genocidal facist?

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

He got better cause he had sex with a bug.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I stole the meme, so 🤷

Just wrote the text.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Today I honor Cowbee's Sisyphean task of explaining that production/trade and capitalism are two different things 🫡

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It gets easier, actually! So I wouldn't call it Sisyphean. Different parts of Lemmy have different levels of understanding, if I can get parts mostly aware to be more aware, then that helps trickle into other instances, and it's easier than doing so in instances where Marxism is seen hostiley.

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Good meme but terrible martial arts. Never try to catch a punch.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I didn't make the meme, so 🤷

Just wrote the description.

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's from Invincible and the guy's a superhero, so maybe superheroes can catch punches.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'd hope so, if they existed, haha.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If they existed it would be The Boys style super"heros". So I don't know, I'd kinda prefer they didn't know how to catch a punch.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Good point, yikes.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Somewhere between every man (and woman) for her (him) self and a general safety net for all the truth lies. And it's probably closer to the safety net. There's an awful lot of last stupid people, a few hardworking smart and educated people, lots of hardworking smart people and a few handful of rich assholes. Somehow we're all trapped in this flying ball of dirt.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

One day we'll all be hardworking, smart, educated, and have our needs all met, and we won't be trapped, either.