One thing for me was how light hearted and funny Lenin was. I expected it to be really hard going like a lot of Marx but he had such a wit about him and I remember laughing out loud a few times by his turn of phrase. I don’t think he gets enough credit for it, he took a really serious, dry subject and made it enjoyable to read. He really was an incredible writer.

  • SpaceCowboy
    23•2 years ago

    Just how much literally everything I had ever reflected on wrt society and capitalism was accounted for. Literally, even my most random observations have been written about at length . And it didn’t make me feel like “oh, i guess my observations don’t make me special”. It honestly made me feel like “I’m home”.

    I got into ML because genzedong was the only community which reflected my opinions on sex work, and literally every opinion I have, ML authors have discussed. How abortion are the unfortunate by-products of an exploitative system, but should definitely not be illegal - that’s been my stance for years… so yeah just how similar it was to my pre-existing sensibilities… just more fleshed out.

    It’s just all rooted in being humane and logical. Simple as.