I am half-way through Volume 1; great read so far.

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    3 years ago

    I got through the first volume. I found first half somewhat tedious if I’m honest, but the second half is fantastic. I see how the first half sets up the foundation for the rest, but it’s still a slog.

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      3 years ago

      I liked the part where Karl Marx pointed out that Britain also had an opium crisis.

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        Yeah, there are a lot of great bits like that in it. These are a few of my personal favorites that are extremely relevant today:

        • this basically explains how gig economy works

        • this is why there was such a big push to reopen the economy despite a raging pandemic

        • explanation of how we ended up with the whole 1% scenario

        • and finally how automation always ends up being turned against the workers

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        3 years ago

        They caused an opium crisis in China, so yeah, they had one even if they never had a domestic one.

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          I mean, they did have a domestic one in Great Britain. Karl Marx was documenting this fact.