/lit/ - Literature

If I had to read 5 books on the economy what would they be? I've already read Marx, Smith, and Ricardo

>>17048872
Ownership over the means of production doesn't actually create any value (in the sense that those means are inert inert labor uses those means produces something). Instead, it permits those with ownership over the means to extract value from laborers by alienating them in various ways (you lose ownership over your labor; what you make doesn't belong to you; you are put in competition with your fellow man; you no longer feel at home at labor, only in leisure). In the rational process of man expanding his freedom, ownership over the means of production (i.e. private property) will be abolished in favor of worker ownership. This is a dialectical process which happens through history as the contradictions within each historical stage manufactures and exacerbate class struggle.
>>17048961
bro read more Marx

>>13013194
Thank you for reminding me that I should read Demian again, but this time for philosophical meaning as opposed to simple enjoyment. Cheers friends!

>>13004312
>life is going to go on, birds will sing, cortical modems will be installed, Cthulhu will work on his PowerPoint presentations, Bitcoin will grind, rats will spontaneously awaken to the miracle of life and their teeny heads will quietly explode in some cage in MIT with a muffled *pfft* sound upon discovering the overwhelming joy and terror of creation, and all the usual bullshit.
I wouldn't mind a Buddhism general one day

>>12906945
Mein gott!
>China practices capitalism, and is very unfair to its citizens will only be amplified because of its social credit system. If you want byzantine level beauracracy with your communism you really don't understand Marx.
China is a mixed economy, It follows lots of Marxist ideas like having somewhat of a planned economy, they want to achive universal healthcare, 5 year plans, etc. The credit system isn't something I support but it's exaggerated for propaganda purposes

https://www.google.de/amp/s/foreignpolicy.com/2018/11/16/chinas-orwellian-social-credit-score-isnt-real/amp/

>You should go talk about that in Poland or Ukraine wouldn't call that all socialist either.
I'm from Poland and I have my whole family told me how life was under socialism. I know the good parts and the bad parts and for the most parts it was good.
>Oh yeah, the place where they arrest people for trying to practice their own side businesses because sick people can't earn there own wage. They're also not socialist and self described communists afaik.
The life there is pretty good seeing the sanctions put on them. When looking at statistics for things like safety and healthcare they do well. What's even pathetic they have the same life expectancy as US while being nowhere as rich.
>Also communism =/= socialism
No communist country claims it has achieved communism. They say they practice socialism.

>>12764201
Good post, comrade

>>10701099
A man after my own heart.

monitoring this thread with interest

What's the best refutation of Death of the Author?

>>9365057
>Can Graphic Novels ever be as deep and meaningful as real books,
Yes
>or are they forever limited due to the focus on imagery?
It's more like literature is limited by their lack of imagery
>Does /lit/ have any preferred Graphic Novels?
Watchmen and Sandman are both pretty neat desu

>>9305220
>nonlinear stories can't be meaningful

>>9200000

>>8395561
>anything I dislike is a meme

>ctrl+f "greek"
>Phrase not found
Standards dropping

Start with the Greeks, OP.

>>8258002
>OP bought the penguin edition
We warned you

What did he mean by this? >>8195505