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[–] SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Went to a football match in Germany and despite the criticism I have for their fans, especially regarding Palestine, it was a breath of fresh air compared to The Netherlands. Saw several anti Nazi and far right flags, anti homophobia stuff, rainbow flags even. There were 6000 away fans present and there was no barrier between them and the home fans. Just vibing with each other. Stuff like that would be unthinkable back home.

And this was at Schalke. Not even a prime example of a left wing club. The Netherlands really is a shit country in a lot of ways.

[–] TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Given the fact that AI decompilation has become so widespread today, I can confidently say we are in a new age of piracy.

so good luck on finding the One Piece, comrades.

[–] 6kb_@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

me when the two different texts (which are using the same definitions of value and economics that marx presented so it’s not like it’s surprising in any way) have the same idea and i can recognize it: (forgot all the emojis are broken, imagine the nostalgia critic oh my god face)

also i remembered i have free will and can copy paste a passage from a text and give it line breaks if i want to. top ten tricks big capitalism doesn’t want you to know /j. i’m gonna save so much time on the minmax theory reading speedrun i think

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[–] 6kb_@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)
[–] 6kb_@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A rise in the productivity of labor implies a more rapid growth of constant capital as compared with variable capital. Inasmuch as surplus value is a function of variable capital alone, it is obvious that the rate of profit (the ratio of surplus value to the whole capital, not to its variable part alone) tends to fall.

HOLY FUCK HE SAID THE THING

[–] 6kb_@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

i don’t get the land and soil part so far

[–] 6kb_@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago

"law of diminishing returns", which charges Nature with the defects, limitations and contradictions of capitalism, is profoundly erroneous.

he is against this law which i assume is popular and well defined economic theory and my basic outsider understanding or interpretation is that this is the one where it’s like it’s an absolute rule all input eventually returns diminishing payoff, but how does this not apply to soil and land, even if we account for real improvements in technology? (i’m thinking of green revolution/agricultural technology improvements irl, that i admittedy dont know anything useful or expert level about)

[–] 6kb_@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago

as i kept reading it seemed more related to discussing the relation of price, value, constant capital/input in the case of soil and land in selling crops, as naturally one acre of land may not produce same value for input as another

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[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago
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[–] TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 week ago

I had the idea of making this meme on Cuba. I was unsure if it was tactless given Cuba's current situation, but I still wanted to put it somewhere.

Cuba sweep

[–] Darkerseid@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Normally I dont post reddit links but watch this

This is from a documentary called The look of silence.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueAnon/s/NcuD8KWwVH

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[–] TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Writing idea:

Stereotypical greedy old-school businessperson, except they are a Communist because they think that raising common prosperity is the most stable way to raise their own wealth.

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[–] TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Marx's mathematical manuscripts are very underrated. There's this footnote which I think it's pretty interesting despite being very vague:

Marx distinguishes in each equation two sides (where now we speak of two parts), the left hand and the right hand which do not always play symmetric roles. On the left-hand side of the equation he frequently places two different, equivalent expressions joined by the conjunction ‘or’. (source)

So, for Marx, x = y is not the same as y = x (even though they mean the same thing in modern math).

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