Not a judgment or indictment on anyone, I understand some people don’t have time, others have trouble focusing and those are valid reasons to take your time with theory, but that being said, I was wondering how well we as a community are doing with reading the core tenants of Marxism. I’m just getting into it and I’ve not finished many works, but I’ve read many of them if that makes sense lol, I can’t seem to make decisions and stand by them, I always pick a book and switch to another one when I’m interested in that but the result is a series of unfinished books with more and more mounting up. What is the leftist reading experience like for you? And that’s not even to mention apolitical reading that seems lightyears away by now. Edit: just as a suggestion, I highly suggest Critique of the Gotha Programme. Also Mao’s Little Red Book 📕

  • sparkingcircuit@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 years ago

    Unfortunately I have trouble focusing and am easily distracted (likely do to a combination of ADHD, bipolar, and the internet reducing my attention span). Do to that, the number of books I’ve gotten through can be counted on one hand. However I do intend to push through it and get more theory read. (my current plan is to read the book at the same time as running the equivalent audio book to set a pace and block out some external distractions).

    • ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.mlOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      I’ve done the audiobook+physical book combo before and it’s really good but 2 tips: 1.) don’t be afraid to slow down the audiobook speed or go back once or twice. 2.) I can’t stress this enough. Try to keep a note(any way necessary) of where you are at for both. Because forgetting the page and trying to find it based on hearing is such a pain in the ass. And also knowing the page but scrolling thru audio is annoying