On the Daily Telegraph's 140 year beef with Karl Marx and why its columnists insist on getting Marxism wrong. (Yes, this edition has real broad appeal!)
I’ve met Marc and he’s super intelligent BUT I believe that in common with many other tech bros who’ve accumulated fabulous wealth he’s utterly detached from reality but will never be affected by it.
Great long history of the Telegraph grinding its axes. They seem conveniently to forget that the Quakers were exported radicals, of sorts, who I'm sure the First Nation Americans would rather have stayed away. Likewise that the French revolutionaries were inspired in large part by Cromwell's example and the beheading of the first Kings Charles. We'll see if history repeats itself. Oh, and FWIW, it was the emergent capitalists who made of labourers human cogs in the machine by turning to clockmakers to design factories as machines - Wedgwood, Watt, Boulton, they made "clockwork...synonymous with industrial machinery" (David Rooney, "About Time"). Blaming Marx is like blaming the doctor for diagnosing your cancer.
Coming to the conclusion that “cultural Marxism” is the definition of some op-ed at the Torygraph alerting the wider world to their latest misunderstanding of the man and his works.
Great read - thanks Mic - lovely to have a change of pace from time-to-time.
Also, good to know they had news overload 140 years ago - makes it all feel more human.
Have you seen Marc Andreessen’s manifesto published last week? A perfect playbook for the crackpots on the Torygraph.
Yes. It's dangerous gibberish. Have been considering writing something about it.
I’ve met Marc and he’s super intelligent BUT I believe that in common with many other tech bros who’ve accumulated fabulous wealth he’s utterly detached from reality but will never be affected by it.
That's a fair assessment. I've also met him. I think also he over-estimates his intelligence and the areas where it's applicable.
Great long history of the Telegraph grinding its axes. They seem conveniently to forget that the Quakers were exported radicals, of sorts, who I'm sure the First Nation Americans would rather have stayed away. Likewise that the French revolutionaries were inspired in large part by Cromwell's example and the beheading of the first Kings Charles. We'll see if history repeats itself. Oh, and FWIW, it was the emergent capitalists who made of labourers human cogs in the machine by turning to clockmakers to design factories as machines - Wedgwood, Watt, Boulton, they made "clockwork...synonymous with industrial machinery" (David Rooney, "About Time"). Blaming Marx is like blaming the doctor for diagnosing your cancer.
Coming to the conclusion that “cultural Marxism” is the definition of some op-ed at the Torygraph alerting the wider world to their latest misunderstanding of the man and his works.
Great read - thanks Mic - lovely to have a change of pace from time-to-time.
Also, good to know they had news overload 140 years ago - makes it all feel more human.