Marxism: A Quick Introduction

The first of two videos I am making about Marxism.

James explaining Labor Theory of Value:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbQnmyRkj1E&feature=watch_response_rev

Category:

Education

Tags:

• marxism
• karl
• marx
• capitalism
• exploitation
• alienation
• capitalist
• bourgeoisie
• means
• of
• production
• class
• struggle

[VyckRo]

Marxism is a idiot ideology, especially for us who have lived it.

[WayOfTheBastard]

@VyckRo Please forgive my idiocracy. I hear that's a quite Christian thing to do.

[winstonsmith1888]

Dear Mr. Wayofthebastard,

Thoroughly enjoyed your talk sir! I have two questions...

1) Do you have a brother?

2) If so, was he ever a member of Alice in Chains?

Just curious, and thanks again for your wise words.

[WayOfTheBastard]

@winstonsmith1888 lol

[jagmarz]

Listening to this, and evaluating my immediate analysis, I realize just how thoroughly I've bought into the capitalist koolaid. Fascinating, and I'm looking forward to the next video.

[madjimms]

I'm a socialist, not even joking.

[VyckRo]

@WayOfTheBastard

There is nothing Christian in to gosateizm, ooouu! you forgot to say about the deep Anti-theist side of Marxism!

[unassumption]

The problems with alienation applied before I'm sure when people had to do agriculture for a living. It's a fact of nature that people need to work hard to get by. Division of labor cuts down how much work needs to be done if we want to achieve something and gives us totally new possibilities; we could travel 100 miles but it'd be hard without a car, we couldn't fly without a plane, washing machines, etc. We haven't adapted our labor structure (work hours etc) to a more automated world though

[unassumption]

ARISTOCRACY owned LAND which is CAPITAL and could make enough off it to live.

[unassumption]

I'm sure as we keep automating, the capitalist class will expand. Hell I think it could be a lot bigger than it currently is without damaging our productivity.

[soverato3]

@Packerd01 your just another stupid capitalist not realizing that the soviet union was not a communist union and was a good place to live.... plz shut the fuck up if you dont know where you talking about!! die on the streets as a poor guy in capitalism!!

[soverato3]

@Packerd01 hahah capitalism (america alone) killed 1.8billion!!!! you have no idea where you talking about!! learn before you teach and start talking bullshit! i bet you dont even know the true meaning of communism!! you just a dumb as capitalist child...

you fucking suck!!!

[GhanaianAids]

how am i supposed to beleive you? your ginger?

[MatthewTeeters]

Beautifully done. The only thing I'd change is exposition of the fourth kind of alienation. Yes, capitalism commodifies our relationships with others, making even affection into a question of position or gain, but that's not how I understand "alienation from others". I see this alienation from others being the masking of real social relations by the market - i.e. some dude in China made your shirt - that's intimate, that's concrete, but the relationship is hidden behind Old Navy and the dollar.