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Capital Volume I (Das Kapital series Book 1)

Karl Marx

'A groundbreaking work of economic analysis. It is also a literary masterpice' Francis Wheen, One of the most notorious and influential works of modern times,

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The Tucker Carlson Show

The book was mentioned and dismissed as nonsense by Jack Posobiec.

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No one ever read Das Kapital. I mean, the whole thing is, it's nonsense.

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The book was mentioned and dismissed as nonsense by Jack Posobiec.

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No one ever read Das Kapital. I mean, the whole thing is, it's nonsense.

Candace

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Candace

The speaker jokingly claimed that they possessed and were reading this book while dressed as Che Guevara during a self-proclaimed phase of mock communism.

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I did have a hammer and sickle flag, and I was dressed as Che Guevara, and I was reading Das Kapital.

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The speaker jokingly claimed that they possessed and were reading this book while dressed as Che Guevara during a self-proclaimed phase of mock communism.

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I did have a hammer and sickle flag, and I was dressed as Che Guevara, and I was reading Das Kapital.

The Rest Is History

They said Oppenheimer's father gave him a copy of DasKapital, indicating he began reading Marx's seminal work.

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He started reading Des Capital. His father gives him a copy of Sidney and Beatrice Webb's book, Soviet Communism, A New Civilization.

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They said Oppenheimer's father gave him a copy of DasKapital, indicating he began reading Marx's seminal work.

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He started reading Des Capital. His father gives him a copy of Sidney and Beatrice Webb's book, Soviet Communism, A New Civilization.

Behind the Bastards

It was discussed as being a book that explored labor and the idea of immiseration theory, suggesting that workers' lives gradually worsen under capitalism.

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Das Kapital is a book written way back in 1867 by Karl Marx, who Karl Marx was the founder of the Marx Brothers.

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It was discussed as being a book that explored labor and the idea of immiseration theory, suggesting that workers' lives gradually worsen under capitalism.

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Das Kapital is a book written way back in 1867 by Karl Marx, who Karl Marx was the founder of the Marx Brothers.

They transform his life into working time and drag his wife and child beneath the wheels of the juggernaut of capital, but all production of surplus value or at the same time methods of accumulation and every extension of accumulation becomes conversely a means for the development of these methods.

This is a big part of Marxist theory. And it suggests, Marx kind of suggested that immiseration is what tends to produce revolutions.

in Marx's words, quote, 'destroy the actual content of his labor by turning it into a torment.'

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 40

In this book, Marx details the relationship between the worker and the boss, including the concept of surplus value.

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So Marx was a experiment, a psychological experiment run by the by Harvard University that was included in 1897. But he wrote he wrote a bunch of books and one of those books is Capital and in Capital.

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It was discussed in relation to immiseration theory, which posits that worker quality of life is gradually eroded by capitalist practices to increase profits, potentially leading to revolutions.

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Das Kapital is a book written way back in 1867 by Karl Marx, who Karl Marx was the founder of the Marx Brothers.

destroy the actual content of his labor by turning it into a torment.

They transform his life into working time and drag his wife and child beneath the wheels of the juggernaut of capital, but all production of surplus value or at the same time methods of accumulation and every extension of accumulation becomes conversely a means for the development of these methods.

It follows therefore that in proportion as capital accumulates, the situation of the worker, be his payment higher low must grow worse.

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 40

The book was written by Karl Marx and explores Marxist economic theory, including the concept of surplus value.

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So Marx was a experiment, a psychological experiment run by the by Harvard University that was included in 1897. But he wrote he wrote a bunch of books and one of those books is Capital and in Capital.

Episode: Part Two: The Second American Civil War You Never...

It was discussed as being very boring, but also important for its labour theories, particularly the 'immiseration theory'. It was mentioned in relation to the treatment of coal miners in the past.

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Das Kapital is a book written way back in 1867 by Karl Marx, who Karl Marx was the founder of the Marx Brothers.

destroy the actual content of his labor by turning it into a torment.

They transform his life into working time and drag his wife and child beneath the wheels of the juggernaut of capital, but all production of surplus value or at the same time methods of accumulation and every extension of accumulation becomes conversely a means for the development of these methods.

This is a big part of Marxist theory.

in proportion as capital accumulates, the situation of the worker, be his payment higher low must grow worse.

Episode: Part Two: The Second American Civil War You Never...

It was described as a very boring book about Karl Marx's theories on labor and immiseration, the idea that cutting wages and benefits leads to a decline in worker quality of life and can cause revolutions.

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Das Kapital is a book written way back in 1867 by Karl Marx, who Karl Marx was the founder of the Marx Brothers.

And immiseration theory is the idea that because cutting wages and benefits to workers is the easiest way to increase profits, right?

destroy the actual content of his labor by turning it into a torment.

This is a big part of Marxist theory.

in proportion as capital accumulates, the situation of the worker, be his payment higher low must grow worse.

The Charlie Kirk Show

The book was referenced when discussing communism, and the speaker referenced Marx's claim that the family is the original oppressive tyrannical structure.

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What thinker was deified in Soviet Russia?

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The book was referenced when discussing communism, and the speaker referenced Marx's claim that the family is the original oppressive tyrannical structure.

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What thinker was deified in Soviet Russia?

Marx.

Oh, and what book did Marx write?

Yes, he wrote Capital, and he also wrote the Communist Manifesto.

We are here to destroy the nuclear family and eradicate the family because it was the original oppressive tyrannical structure.

The Ben Shapiro Show

The book was described as very long and a serious commitment to read cover to cover. Its supporters often read it as an exhortation to violence, while critics often read it purely as an economic theory, though the speaker argued it makes observations about human nature. The speaker concluded that the entire book was essentially gobbledygook that resulted in nothing positive.

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Karl Marx's Das Kapital. The book is often radically misinterpreted by both its supporters and its critics.

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Episode: Debunked: The Brilliant Ideas of Karl Marx

The book was described as very long and a serious commitment to read cover to cover. Its supporters often read it as an exhortation to violence, while critics often read it purely as an economic theory, though the speaker argued it makes observations about human nature. The speaker concluded that the entire book was essentially gobbledygook that resulted in nothing positive.

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Karl Marx's Das Kapital. The book is often radically misinterpreted by both its supporters and its critics.

Capital is really long. Reading this cover to cover is a serious commitment.

Marx's theory of surplus value was utterly and completely specious.

If you read Das Kapital, the basic idea is that Marxism is just going to magically arise and usher in a new world order.

In the end, the only thing there is to Das Kapital is a bunch of gobbledygook that results in basically nothing.

Episode: Ep. 1061 - The Hundred Days’ War

Elon Musk tweeted a graphic referencing this book, pairing it with a humorous depiction of Karl Marx asking for something for free.

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Yesterday he tweeted out a graphic said Das Kapital in a nutshell, Karl Marx's book.

Empire: World History

Fidel Castro read this book in prison but found it so humorous that he was unable to finish it and it did not influence him to become a Marxist.

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He read Das Kapital and he said it made him laugh and he couldn't finish it.

— Episode: 174. The Cuban Revolution

Episode: 174. The Cuban Revolution

Fidel Castro read this book in prison but found it so humorous that he was unable to finish it and it did not influence him to become a Marxist.

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He read Das Kapital and he said it made him laugh and he couldn't finish it.

Timcast IRL

It was mentioned in relation to the discussion on communism and its origins, with the speaker referencing it as a foundational work of the theory.

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communism, Marx wrote a book called Capital

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It was mentioned in relation to the discussion on communism and its origins, with the speaker referencing it as a foundational work of the theory.

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communism, Marx wrote a book called Capital

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It was mentioned as a book representing communist ideals, which were being used to manipulate people into submission.

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They don't have to sit there and put their hand on the Bible of Marx, Das Kapital and things like that.

Philosophize This!

Debord's first two sentences in his book are a reference to the first two sentences of Karl Marx's Das Kapital. Debord's analysis mirrors the structure of Marx's, but the differences between the two passages point to how much Debord believes the world has changed since Marx's work.

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in societies where modern conditions of production prevail, life is presented as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has receded into a representation

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Debord's first two sentences in his book are a reference to the first two sentences of Karl Marx's Das Kapital. Debord's analysis mirrors the structure of Marx's, but the differences between the two passages point to how much Debord believes the world has changed since Marx's work.

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in societies where modern conditions of production prevail, life is presented as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has receded into a representation

the wealth of those societies in which the capitalist mode of production prevails presents itself as an immense accumulation of commodities. Our investigation must therefore begin with an analysis of a commodity

immense accumulation of commodities

immense accumulation of spectacles

The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

It was gifted to Eugene Debs while in jail by Victor Berger, marking a turning point in his understanding and adoption of socialist ideology.

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Berger delivered the first impassioned message of socialism I had ever heard, the very first to set the wires humming in my system.

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Episode: 500 - Eugene Debs part 1 w/ guest Karen Kilgariff

It was gifted to Eugene Debs while in jail by Victor Berger, marking a turning point in his understanding and adoption of socialist ideology.

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Berger delivered the first impassioned message of socialism I had ever heard, the very first to set the wires humming in my system.

REAL AF with Andy Frisella

The podcast speakers discussed Marx's book in relation to the demoralization and destabilization of society, mentioning the author's ideas on removing educated people to create a society of servitude.

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If you go read Karl Marx, he talks about this in his book. You have to demoralize society after you get control. You remove all the intelligence, you remove all the doctors, all the educated people, y...

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The podcast speakers discussed Marx's book in relation to the demoralization and destabilization of society, mentioning the author's ideas on removing educated people to create a society of servitude.

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If you go read Karl Marx, he talks about this in his book. You have to demoralize society after you get control. You remove all the intelligence, you remove all the doctors, all the educated people, you remove all the artists, and then you create a society of servitude.

Real Dictators

The book was highlighted when the host described Castro's marginal notes, showing he was actively wrestling with its concepts and marking his first meaningful engagement with far‑left theory. It was also used as a point of comparison, noting that the text served communists as another manifesto did for Nazis. The discussion presented the work as a foundational ideological source rather than a direct recommendation.

Episode: Fidel Castro Part 2: Shipwrecked in the Swamps

The host noted that Castro had marginalia in Marx's Capital, indicating he was wrestling with its concepts.

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Among the books Nati sends him are the works of Engels, Marx, and Lenin. It's the first time that Castro meaningfully engages with farleft thought.

I have his marginalia for Marx's capital, in which he's wrestling with the concepts of Marx.

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