The Marxist Tradition
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
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The Inevitability of Capitalism
We've created an absurd system founded on a conflict-ridden economic foundation. You would understand much more about the society if you saw that as the conflict that shakes it. The message Marxists argue is that the problems we face in our society cannot and will not be solved so long as you allow any economic system, slavery, feudalism or capitalism to exist. Taking that to heart changes your political life forever. Learning the lessons of it is part of learning how to think creatively about a society that needs change more than ever.
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