one of my goals for this year is to finish at least volume two of capital by karl marx.
the introduction by ernest mandel has so far been one of the most revealing & compelling parts of this book
it presents the weapon manufacturing industry as the tireless backbone of capitalism
meaning when all other industries fail there will always be a market for weapons
meaning capitalism will never fail entirely with this basis in existence
there will "always" be state & private markets for weapons
the state has a monopoly on violence -
this is part of the marxist definition of the state
even violence against wild animals has to be state sanctioned in industrialized nations
marxism broadly reflects that in the absence of a final
crisis
meaning no natural death for capitalism or the state
armed insurrection illegal violence
is the only method for packing it away once & for all
kind of goofy to try to beat it at its own game
the state will always resort to violence when it has to in order to get people to behave the right way
& snever the white collars who wear the nooses in mass
even with dedicated leadership the strongest armed insurrections can only wreak so much change for so long
because violence has to do with coercion & power paradigms & competition
so those are the paradigms that need to be challenged usurped & changed
yours for the revolution
forbidden books
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