
#86 - Close Reading: "Principles of Communism" (Part 1)
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Capitalism's Plausible Deniability and Recognition of Responsibility
This chapter explores the insidious nature of capitalism and how it allows the bourgeois class to collectively own society while maintaining plausible deniability. It delves into the public-private distinction in capitalism and the difficulty in recognizing the responsibility of capitalist societies for societal deaths and livelihoods. The chapter also discusses attempts to create a Wikipedia page on deaths from capitalist societies and highlights the challenges in acknowledging the impact of capitalism on society.
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