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I would refute this. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/instance/1646771/pdf/amjph00269-0055.pdf Edit: Brief summary of study: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUPJ3vuoTsE

There also apparently exists a book about Marx's analysis of historical materialism, but I don't know if its authentic. https://www.amazon.com/Historical-Materialism-Karl-Marx/dp/0717804119 There's also The German Ideology, which touches up on his ideas of historical materialism. " It criticizes "ideology" as a form of "historical idealism", as opposed to Marx's historical materialism (the "materialist conception of history"). " -- Wikipedia There is as well The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, for which I have read. Its an essay which serves as a major historiographic application of Marx's theory of historical materialism.

@Leo Gura I disagree with socialism being unworkable and unfeasible for my reasonings, but hey, that is my opinion. But if I may correct you a bit, I think what you went to write was that socialism and communism are fallacious ideologies. Marxism is not a political prescription per-say. Karl Marx himself was against an ~ism being attached his last name. Marxism is more of a school of through which encompasses many fields; sociology, history, philosophy, and economics. But it's an incredibly fascinating. I am currently reading Volume I of Das Kapital, and its incredibly profound. This one book took Marx 30 years to write, and it shows in itself. I've learned so much from this one book, including; Chapter 1: The Commodity Section 1 – The Two Factors of a Commodity: Use-Value and Exchange-Value Commodity = something produced for exchange that satisfies a human need. Has a dual nature: Use-value: The utility or usefulness of the object. Exchange-value: Its value in relation to other commodities (what it can trade for). Exchange-value is determined not by usefulness, but by labor time. Section 2 – The Twofold Character of Labor Labor also has a dual character: Concrete labor: Specific, useful activity (e.g., weaving, tailoring) → creates use-values. Abstract labor: Human labor in the abstract, measured in socially necessary labor time → creates value. Value is the socially necessary labor time embodied in a commodity. Commodities are equal in exchange because they represent equal quantities of abstract labor. Implication: Real social labor relations are hidden in market exchange → leads to commodity fetishism. Chapter 2: The Process of Exchange Commodities must be exchanged to realize their value. Exchange requires owners who recognize each other's goods as having value. Money emerges as a solution to the limits of barter. Through exchange, private labor becomes socially validated. Exchange is the social process that connects isolated producers. Chapter 3: Money, or the Circulation of Commodities Section 1 – Money as the Measure of Value Commodities express their value in terms of money (price). Money acts as a universal equivalent, allowing comparison of all commodities. Price is the money-form of value. This role of money is initially ideal/mental—we assign price before any actual exchange happens. Prices may deviate from actual labor-values due to market dynamics. Section 2a – The Medium of Circulation: The Metamorphosis of Commodities The full exchange cycle is: C → M → C (commodity → money → another commodity). This process is called the metamorphosis of commodities. Money allows sale and purchase to be separated in time and space. Two separate acts: Sale: Commodity becomes money (C → M). Purchase: Money becomes another commodity (M → C). Value is only realized through successful exchange. This process introduces contradictions and dependencies: Sale and purchase can break apart (e.g. if someone sells but doesn’t buy). Circulation depends entirely on money’s presence and acceptance. Value realization becomes socially uncertain. Rational individual behavior (e.g. hoarding money) can cause systemic crisis. I'm no where near done and yet I've learned so much and I love it. https://www.intpubnyc.com/browse/collected-works-of-marx-and-engels-vol-35-vol-01-capital/ That is the link where I bought my copy, if you want to also read this book. The link I just posted is supposed to be the translation that's the most true to the original.

Today is officially the 80th year anniversary of the German surrender in World War 2, and I wanted to take this moment to remember all those who have died to save the world from fascism. Skip to 1:28:30 to see all the countries that participated in the parade.

https://www.actualized.org/insights/the-material-conditions-of-hierarchy Seeing Leo post this video in his blog was quite surprising, given Leo's past statements about Marxism, the video above seemed very Marxist. As not only does the video directly talk about Marx's philosophy, but the video overall is about material conditions and touches gently on class conflicts, and how these forces move society, something Marx was very big on in his historical essay. Karl Marx was not just an economist, but a sociologists and historian. Typically, people who talk about material conditions tend to be Marxist Socialists, which is why Leo posting that video in his blog was surprising. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_materialism

My family practices Shi’ite Islam, so I was named after the third Shia Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia tradition, Husayn Ibn Ali. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husayn_ibn_Ali

If I ever have a kid, I will name him Leo, in honor of you.

Leo Gura is now the pope, confirmed.

First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV • First American pope: Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been selected as the next pope, the first American pontiff in history. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV. In his first remarks as pope from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, he called for peace and paid tribute to the late Pope Francis to a roaring crowd. • About the new pope: Prevost, a 69-year-old from Chicago, is a leader with global experience. He spent much of his career as a missionary in South America and served as bishop in Peru. He most recently led a powerful Vatican office for bishop appointments. He is expected to build on Pope Francis’ reforms. • What it took to get elected: There were 133 voting cardinals and any one of them needed two-thirds of the vote to become the next pope. White smoke billowed above the Sistine Chapel earlier this afternoon signaling the selection of a new pontiff.

Yeah, but which way do those types of men who produce wood vote? Are Canadian Lumberjacks voting NDP? Liberal? Or Conservative?

I would have to politely disagree with this view. To say that socialism simply failed or simply succeeded I think is too big of a grand narrative. Sure, maybe state-socialism has failed, and even that take is too reductionistic. But I would love to submit historical and economic evidence on this forum as to why I sincerely believe that a non-centrally planned socialism is the way forward for society. I want to keep my disagreements as polite as possible, and I don't want to take this on as an ideology, but I do completely disagree with Leo when he says that socialism is this or that. And if asked by Leo, I would love to submit my evidence from history and economics and books I've read explaining why I think this way. Thank you.

I went to Wikipedia to confirm if this was the case, and Leo is right. The left-wing Social Democracy and Democratic Socialist hybrid party, the NDP, lost 17 seats in this most recent election. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Canadian_federal_election They went from 24 seats to a measly 7 seats. This new Prime Minster, Mark Carney, was a former Goldman Sachs banker. But why? People on the surface are fed up, and yet they vote for the same Liberal twats that brought them into this situation. The nickname for the Liberals in Canada is the "natural governing party", because they're most likely to be in power for the longest duration. People on the surface shout form the rooftops for change, and how they're pissed, and yada yada yada... But then vote for the same Liberal Party, or maybe switch it up by voting for the Conservative Party, that's been always consistently in power and never for the NDP.

@Leo Gura

You and this one image... I swear.