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Karl Marx‘s Capital Vol. 2 (Part 1/4)

Theory & Philosophy

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The Mystery of Capitalism

Capitalism implies, in order to be a capitalist, that you already have capital on hand. So it's almost as though capitalism just fell on the scene in one fell swoop. It just appeared, just poofed into existence. This is one of the mysteries that haunts this text in how capitalism actually gives way to its own possibility without having existed before. Unless, of course, it already existed,. The paradox of the entire thing thatis gong o run throughout the course of this text.

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