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The Communist Manifesto - before I didn't find history very interesting because in class it was literally just taught as remembering birth dates of kings and th
by _vbnz 4y ago
The Communist Manifesto - before I didn't find history very interesting because in class it was literally just taught as remembering birth dates of kings and the dates of actions by "great men", etc.
Whereas Materialism (and Marxism) introduced a whole systematic view of competing classes and interest groups. It made it much more interesting and relatable.
[Questions from a Worker who reads](https://www.marxists.org/archive/brecht/works/1935/questions.htm https://www.marxists.org/archive/brecht/works/1935/questions...) really sums up the issues with history education at school IMO.
- pmoriarty 4y agoIt's interesting how many people rail endlessly against Communism and Socialism, without ever having read Marx and having not the faintest clue about what he actually said.