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Nov 29, 2022 10 tweets 3 min read
It's time for Marxism 101 once again!

This covers how capitalism increases income inequality, and why you seem to get further behind as leading capitalists get richer and richer - until it all comes crashing down.

Today's post: "How Does Capitalism Fail?"

🧵1/ The gap between rich and poor grows even when workers enjoy 2/ The dollar amount of wages is only part of the story – it
Nov 22, 2022 11 tweets 3 min read
It's time for Marxism 101 again!

This time, we discuss how capitalists take the value they've extracted from workers and turn that into profits - and, eventually, monopolies.

Today's Post: "How Does Capitalism Work?"

1/ Image Reposting Slide 1 with Image Description for Accessibility: Once a capitalist has sold ...
Nov 1, 2022 10 tweets 5 min read
It's time for Marxism 101! We explore how Marx and Engels believed our labor creates value, and how employers exploit that value to create profit.
Check our sources at the end, and like & follow to see the rest of the series.

Today: "What's the Labor Theory of Value?" Labor is an essential part ... #latestagecapitalism #books #Marxism #BookTwitter #capitalism #labor #dangerousbooks Capitalism alienates us fro...
Oct 27, 2022 10 tweets 3 min read
It's time for Marxism 101 again! We explain the difference between private and personal property, what we make and sell under capitalism, and how we determine the value of it all. Check our sources at the end, like & follow.

Today's post: "Commodities, Capital and Value"

/1 MARXISM 101: Commodities, C... What IS Private Property?

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Oct 25, 2022 11 tweets 3 min read
Reposting "Marxism 101 - What is Class?" with Alt Text Image Descriptions for Accessibility. Grateful for the feedback and positive response this received - look for the next entry, "Commodities, Capital and Value" on Thursday!

/1 MARXISM 101 - What is Class... The capitalist class and th...