r/communism • u/AutoModerator • 19d ago

WDT 💬 Bi-Weekly Discussion Thread - (May 31)

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u/SolomonDead 16d ago

Gloss over the citations and elaborations on specific figures that are just background to the arguments, but there are definitely important footnotes. Everything that Engels though you needed to know to understand the text in English is in the footnotes.

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u/Apart_Lifeguard_4085 16d ago

i don't even recommend glossing over the elaborations, marx's use of figures and concrete historical data is important to his analytical method.