I've read most of the literature from the Mises Institute on socialism and I'm now interested in reading more about what Marx and his cohort actually said and wrote and not through secondary sources.
Although I don't mind reading off my computer screen or printing off books, I've really become to appreciate reading from an actual book, holding it in my hands, marking it and making it my own etc.
Now, I also don't want to contribute to the financial incentive for publishers to actually produce Marxist material.
So, do I print this literature off marxists.org and take comfort in not contributing to a book publisher that prints that stuff or do I buy the book because individually this decision is negligilbe and I'll probably enjoy the read from a book that little bit more.
Does anybody else have this problem and how did they resolve it?
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Retrolives:Does anybody else have this problem and how did they resolve it?
Steal from a marxist. Then denounce your fellow comrade when he asks for his property back.
Picard's Syndrome. I can relate. (http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north228.html)
You could either borrow from a library, or, really, I doubt they're going to be able to support a Marxist rebellion from the puny profit they gleam from you.
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Retrolives:So, do I print this literature off marxists.org and take comfort in not contributing to a book publisher that prints that stuff or do I buy the book because individually this decision is negligilbe and I'll probably enjoy the read from a book that little bit more.
Think of it like this, by buying the book you are helping a Marxist learn the valuable lesson of profit! But seriously though, if you want to get an overarching book on Marx's writings I recommend Robert Tucker's Marx and Engels Reader. It has a lot of their writings but some are abridged. The rest you could either just borrow from the library or if you are feeling so inclined buy them. What are you looking to learn about Marx? Philosophy? Economics?
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Conza88:Steal from a marxist. Then denounce your fellow comrade when he asks for his property back.
You know its just so strange. When I walk into a communist's house, open the door to the fridge and ask what's for dinner, they become so irate. What is that all about comrade Conza?
Though I love the idea of stealing from a marxist, I try to buy my left wing book used from Amazon - I get to see a lot of notes and thoughts in the margins and don't support the commie publishers.
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@Retrolives
If the material is in pdf form, you can do "booklet" printing. I've printed $100 books for a few dollars worth of paper and ink. Then you have the option of folding all the pages, or cutting them in half, to make it into a little booklet (somewhat oddly shaped if you fold them all). You could even go as far as binding it yourself (google will help you find some various approaches to doing that). I recommend printing the material to save yourself money, have a paper copy, and to know that you're not supporting anyone for promoting marxist philosophy/religion.
@Fephisto
I certainly wouldn't call this Picard's syndrome. Some things are just easier to do with a paper book. Other things are easier to do with a digital book. Reading books on a computer screen can often be a pain on anything bigger than a small netbook. A laptop is portable, but it's still large and clunky for a book. A desktop requires you to sit in the exact same place when you want to read your book...you can't read while riding in the car/bus/train/plane, or while hanging out on the beach, or wherever. And if you want to flip back a dozen pages to look at a diagram or something, you can't just keep your thumb on the current spot and flip back real quick, and then glance back and forth at each of the two places practically instantly. There are lots of ways in which digital books flat out suck in comparison to paper books and vice versa (searching comes to mind). This is why you can often find deals where you buy both a paper version and an digital version of the same book (I see this a lot with books related to software development).
I don't see what's wrong with spending money on a Marxist book. It's not like donating money to Communist Party USA, a lot of these publishing companies don't endorse Marxism, they just print the material. Besides, doesn't a truly educated person understand the views on all sides of the spectrum, not just their own? Eliminating any opposition is what Republicrats do.
Fephisto: Picard's Syndrome. I can relate. (http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north228.html)
It isn't Picard's Syndrome until the patient begins to "desire tea, earl grey, hot" before each onset of reading. Eventually, the desire will begin to pop-up before the patient needs to any hard thinking on a problem, like say, where to put all of his books in case of an emergency self-destruct, or where the hell did he put his flute.
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Ummm, Library? You could also go to a non marxist used bookstore and but the books for dirt cheap, while supporting a local business.