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Karl Marx, born on this day in 1818, was a foundational political theorist and journalist associated with the philosophy of Marxism.

Among Marx's best-known texts are the "The Communist Manifesto" and the three-volume "Das Kapital", in which he set out to define and explain the behavior of the capitalist mode of production.

Marx's political and philosophical thought have had enormous influence on subsequent intellectual, economic and political history, and his name has been used as an adjective, a noun, and a school of social theory.

Marx's critical theories about society, economics and politics - collectively understood as Marxism - hold that human societies develop through class conflict. In capitalism, this manifests itself in the conflict between the ruling classes (known as the bourgeoisie) that control the means of production, and the working classes (known as the proletariat) that enable these means by selling their labor power in return for wages.

Employing a critical approach known as historical materialism, Marx concluded that, like previous socio-economic systems, capitalism produced internal tensions which would lead to its self-destruction and replacement by a new system known as socialism.

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  • This bag of spiced nuts I bought has a small graphic that I can only interpret as "try putting a whole handful of these in your mouth at once, you hog", and just for your information, bag, I was going to do that anyway and didn't need your advice

  • I have a seasonal job now, but I still need to find employment in the fall, and my seasonal job is one of those that will literally take anyone.

    Unfortunately more “permanent” jobs never take ‘just anyone’ especially now that even the local McDonalds refuses to settle for anything less than perfection.

    How tf do I trick some hiring manager into giving a filthy imperfect person like me a chance when hiring is a total non-issue and thousands upon thousands of perfect people apply everywhere? Why would anyone settle for trash like me when everyone is a genius except for me?

  • I just realized we already have an american version of that chinese tiktok guy who makes all the peasant candy and its the guy who makes all that prison dessert

  • I am so tired of life. This year has been horrible, easily the worst year of my life by far. failed and dropped out of a fucking high school completion program because of mental breakdowns and I can't get work anywhere because everything requires you to have a high school diploma or GED and all the places that I have applied to have just ignored me.

  • I was trying to sleep, but I had a weird sensation that scared me. I think I was about to dream or getting hypnagogic stuff, but it was just weird. Like despite sleeping in a pitch black room, it felt like somehow the "lights" got turned off in a flash like how lights turn off, and it somehow got even more darker. just weird.

  • I am so unlucky, but I am not disadvantaged by nature of my birth (outside of disability) so it sounds like I'm being an asshole when I talk about it. I'm not complaining about my life, I'm complaining about somehow always getting below the expected value in games of chance. I'm not trying to tell I sob story, I'm explaining a statistical anomaly! I react strongly to offers to go to the casino not out of a gambling habit, I would have to win a damn game to get addicted in the first place!

  • Why do t they ever do anything cool for this pope bullshit why is everything so somber gothic-core. Bless a giant goddamn barrel of wine and make a Jesus blood swimming pool or somethngn. You boring old fucks

  • is my kitty doing shenanigans when i sleep or no? he sometimes finds cables to munch so i chase him out of a room, but i sleep with open door, and the cables are always uneaten. maybe he thinks it's like a funny game where i chase him out

  • No one at work got the joke when I was writing the date on stuff and singing to the tune of Ace of Spades by Motorhead

    It's the 8th of May

    The 8th of may

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    Went for my first bike ride of the year! Was all right. It was both sunny and gloomy due to dark clouds on the horizon which sometimes I like and sometimes don't like. I guess it was OK today. Listened to some TrueAnon episodes and Stop It! a screamo band.

    Got home, garage door is fucking busted due to squirrels so I went to manually close it and the latch cord snapped. Was able to fix it and my dad says the door does close if you stand and hold the button until it closes because the sensors are covered with insulation. It's so fucking dumb how he openly fantasizes about killing small creatures like a psycho, but won't just kill these fucking squirrels or better yet do that and then also rodent-proof the garage/sheds at least somewhat. He also complained about a new hazmat tax. He really is like elementary-level on things because he didn't know what hazardous materials are and seemed skeptical at all how there might be any in the creation of acetylene gas or whatever he bought.

    Made spaghetti and Ikea veggie-meatballs with vegan cheese garlic sticks/fingers. Turned out really well. Oh and a banana smoothie. Watched a couple episodes of Flowers Of Evil anime with mom. Further cleaned up the kitchen so that's all good for now.

    Today wasn't bad. Oh, also sewed a Converge patch onto my jacket, which might be the last patch I put on it.

  • So I finally have a weekend where I play three or four different games and that's the week there's no weekly game discussion? Man...

    So the Deeprock Galactic boardgame is amazing and the new Monstroscopy character is really good for cheesing the final boss.

  • Getting my car professionally detailed cuz I think I'm probably going to have to drive for uber this month, I lifted up the back seats and found almost an entire dog worth of Husky fur hiding there. Tipped the guy an extra $15 cuz that's probably the worst car he'll see all day, lmao

  • It's gonna sound extremely privileged but I'll say it my checks can 6 lbs can of unsweeten applesauce is too big. If I open it I'll have to commit to making something within the same couple of days or it will go bad and I only brought this on myself. I got it since by volume it was cheaper than the smaller ones and a great egg substitute until I found ground flax seeds where are way better just because of shelf life and storage btw. I'll use it up this weekend making cookies and pancakes maybe a cake too idk it's gonna be delicious

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