The Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
11 people recommended it in 8 threads, 2010–2024.
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Whereas Materialism (and Marxism) introduced a whole systematic view of competing classes and interest groups. It made it much more interesting and relatable.
It's not that it's greatly-written, or that everything in it is right. It just manages to achieve the feeling that, truly, "another world is possible."
It's interesting how many people rail endlessly against Communism and Socialism, without ever having read Marx and having not the faintest clue about what he actually said.
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