/lit/ - Literature

What would their podcast be like?

Wait, so these two retards actually saw the drunken, smelly, degenerate proles up close and they thought
>hmm this is the most progressive class of society uniquely fit to abolish class exploitation

>Marx
Actually based.
>Engles
SJW cringe

>>17441156
This is now a best bros thread.

>>16862433
marx had massive carbuncles on his ass.
He was in immense pain.
Once, when his housekeeper was cleaning them, he got her pregnant. Engels took the blame for Marx's illegitimate child as it was felt that the global, communist revolution would be compromised by marx's indiscretion. Also Engles was rich

the truth is a science, potent and irrefutable

Refute them without recurring to strawmans.
I'll wait.

>Step 1-we make capital go away
>Step 2-we make bad stuff go away
>Step 3-we make the state go away almost all by itself because we made capital and bad stuff go away
How could anyone honestly take marxism seriously? Do they honestly believe the words that come out of their mouths?

>Step 1-we make capital go away
>Step 2-we make bad stuff go away
>Step 3-we make the state go away almost all by itself because we made capital and bad stuff go away
How could anyone honestly take marxism seriously? Do they honestly believe the words that come out of their mouths?

>My understanding of historical materialism is that it believes human thinking/social relationships arise out of access to material goods (wealth) rather than the vice versa.

>Therefore, the goal of the proper materialist should be the distribution of goods to humanity, which will allow them all to be "better/equal" (Typified by the New Soviet Man)

Is this an accurate (if brief) understanding of Marxist materialism?

Hey /lit/, I used to be a right libertarian but over the years I have found myself sympathizing with leftist politics. What is some leftist/marxist literature that you would recommend me reading?

Was Critique of the Gotha Program right?

*Destroys your country*