People who only read Volume 1 often see Marxism as simply being about recognising the fact of surplus value existing
It can therefore lead people to accept capitalism, so long as workers have relatively high wages & a "safety net", without acknowledging its crisis tendencies & general instability
It can therefore lead people to accept capitalism, so long as workers have relatively high wages & a "safety net", without acknowledging its crisis tendencies & general instability
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The Spectre Haunting Europe
I think a lot of the stodginess comes from the fact that he only wrote one volume of Capital in his lifetime, leaving notes for two more that would be assembled after his death.
He planned to write eight in total, spanning the whole gamut of society from the state, to trade, to organised religion.
He planned to write eight in total, spanning the whole gamut of society from the state, to trade, to organised religion.
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