Book · 2012
Das Capital Volume One
Part One
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- people
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- critical mentions
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Das Kapital is intended to be the Origin of Species of its realm of economic thought and represents years and years of work of Marx laboring in the British Museum Library, working through statistics, working on little bits and pieces of a larger answer to big historical questions that he believes that he's arrived at.
What they say about it
- Asked if read2
- Called boring2
The best things said about it
I remember when I was about 13, my father came along, he says, "Here's a book you need to read." It was Marx's "Das Kapital." I said, "Dad, have you read it?" He said, "No." "So why should I read it?" "You need to know what other people think.
Now, have you read DOS Capital, Spencer? No, that's fine. It's it's it's super boring. Um, and and a real snoozefest. Uh, so Dos Capital is a book written way back in 1867 by Karl Marx.
Quote, 'Just because I own a copy of Minecom, does that make me a Nazi? If I own Dos Capital, does that make me a Marxist?' Unquote.
I would love to sort of talk about the works of Marx, The Communist Manifesto and the Das Kapital.
Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 2024 Mein Kampf is not Das Kapital, right?
Tucker Carlson Lex Fridman Podcast · Feb 2024 Then they read you know Das capitol or whatever.
Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
8 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Das Capital Volume One by Karl Marx is a foundational 1867 text detailing Marxist economic theory, labor, and capitalism. Robert Evans mentioned the book on Behind the Bastards while discussing Marxist views on labor and emiseration, calling it a boring snoozefest, and later referenced an expert witness's analogy involving ownership of political texts during the Prairieland trial. Lex Fridman brought up Das Capital on the Lex Fridman Podcast when asking guest Vejas Liulevicius about the works of Karl Marx, while Liulevicius described the book as intended to be the Origin of Species for its realm of economic thought, noting the years Marx spent laboring in the British Museum Library. Tucker Carlson also referred to Das Capital on the same podcast in a comparative point regarding ideological literature. Tim Pool referenced Marx's famous text on Timcast IRL on multiple occasions, discussing disaffected college graduates reading leftist theory and debating whether certain activists genuinely understand communist ideology.
Every mention
Robert Evans Quote, 'Just because I own a copy of Minecom, does that make me a Nazi? If I own Dos Capital, does that mak… 3
Discussed
“Quote, 'Just because I own a copy of Minecom, does that make me a Nazi? If I own Dos Capital, does that make me a Marxist?' Unquote.”
Discussed
“Now, have you read DOS Capital, Spencer? No, that's fine. It's it's it's super boring. Um, and and a real snoozefest. Uh, so Dos Capital is a book written way back in 1867 by Karl Marx.”
Discussed
“Now, have you read DOS Capital, Spencer? No, that's fine. It's it's it's super boring. Um, and and a real snoozefest.”
Tim Pool you know a blue jumpsuit with a little Kami hat on holding Das Capitol and waving a communist flag 2
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“you know a blue jumpsuit with a little Kami hat on holding Das Capitol and waving a communist flag”
Discussed
“then they read you know Das capitol or whatever”
John Lennox I remember when I was about 13, my father came along, he says, "Here's a book you need to read." It was Mar… 1
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“I remember when I was about 13, my father came along, he says, "Here's a book you need to read." It was Marx's "Das Kapital." I said, "Dad, have you read it?" He said, "No." "So why should I read it?" "You need to know what other people think."”
Josh Barnett until one day you know I look over and I'm like huh Das Kapital 1
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“until one day you know I look over and I'm like huh Das Kapital”
Lex Fridman I would love to sort of talk about the works of Marx, "The Communist Manifesto" and the "Das Kapital." 1
Discussed
“I would love to sort of talk about the works of Marx, "The Communist Manifesto" and the "Das Kapital."”
Milo Yiannopoulos you know the the it's been for a while fairly well known that the number one textbook economics textbook um… 1
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“you know the the it's been for a while fairly well known that the number one textbook economics textbook um in this country in America uh you know on set lists is KL marks right”
Tucker Carlson I mean there's no, 'Mein Kampf,' is not, 'Das Kapital,' right? 1
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“I mean there's no, 'Mein Kampf,' is not, 'Das Kapital,' right?”
Vejas Liulevicius "Das Kapital" is intended to be the "Origin of Species" of its realm of economic thought and represents yea… 1
Discussed
“"Das Kapital" is intended to be the "Origin of Species" of its realm of economic thought and represents years and years of work of Marx laboring in the British Museum Library, working through statistics, working on little bits and pieces of a larger answer to big historical questions that he believes that he's arrived at.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (9: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“Is that a quote from Dos Capal?”
Passing
“i don't recall where in das capital marx advocated for re seizing welfare programs to incentivize home making”
Passing
“The assassin of Charlie Kirk, the alleged assassin, he wasn't a guy who was found with a Karl Marx. They didn't find him with Das Capitol in his in his in his in his ates case.”
Passing
“Like when you open a book, if it's Karl Mars, you know what you're going to get.”
Passing
“Oscar Wild, Virginia Wolf, you see here Sylvia Pankhurst, Carl Marx, who pretty much spent every day for 30 years sat here writing Des Capel.”
Passing
“You've heard of Das Kapital. This was Das AI assistant.”
Passing
“Yeah, I think that's the right analogy, right? that it is a a foundational text, but they're not all sitting down and digesting or even understanding it. Yeah. I mean, how many communists have read Dos Cavatal, you know, even just volume one, which I have.”
Passing
“Like no one ever read Das Kapital.”
Passing
“Okay, I just opened it to another random page and the first thing I saw is a scan of Dos Capitol with with with written on the front inscription from Marx to Darwin. So this is apparently a scan of the cover of Charles Darwin's copy of Das.”