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Rebranding! You know that

EmmaZahn — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:19:02 +0000

In reply to Staedtler-Marx

Rebranding!

You know that just might work for the philosophy as well...

Mars-ism!

Staedtler-Marx

Donal — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 23:43:16 +0000

In reply to But by which pencil company?

Staedtler-Marx

Agreed. But he didn't think

moat — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 19:54:48 +0000

In reply to That's a

Agreed. But he didn't think it was elitist. On odd oversight for an otherwise smart person.

That's a

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 18:23:32 +0000

In reply to Marx was very skill full at

That's a wholenuthercanoworms. Putting aside the long-running socialism/marxism/communism debate, my point is just that Marx, like Steve Jobs, had an elitist view of labor--probably because he was a philosopher, not a diaper-cleaner.

But by which pencil company?

EmmaZahn — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 03:00:34 +0000

In reply to Even Marx's pen was made by

But by which pencil company?

Why sit on that much cash? To

EmmaZahn — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 02:56:13 +0000

In reply to and speaking of Apple and

Why sit on that much cash? To protected themselves from from Icahn? waiting for the stock market to sell off to buy back shares and go back to being a private company? Both? Hmmm.

Marx was very skill full at

moat — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 02:27:31 +0000

In reply to This made me think of Marx

Marx was very skill full at identifying the ways labor undertaken in the name of individual advancement can hollow out an individual in the capitalist system.

Marx was one of the progenitors of socialism in the history of ideas and his political actions helped bring that sort of thing into being. What is odd about that legacy is that his models of alienation are all about the individual and what they experience or not.

Not much nutrition for people trying to be communitarian can be found in his writings. Maybe diaper washing played a role in that.

and speaking of Apple and

artappraiser — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 01:53:15 +0000

In reply to Why do I picture this being

and speaking of Apple and capital, did you notice this?

Even Marx's pen was made by

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 01:25:23 +0000

In reply to Why do I picture this being

Even Marx's pen was made by the masses.

This made me think of Marx

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 01:22:23 +0000

In reply to Karl put it this way: "The

This made me think of Marx too. In a way, Marx was a DWYL guy, or maybe LWYD. He wasn't spinning capitalist propaganda, of course, but he still had an idealized notion of labor. Even under socialism, it's hard to take pleasure in washing dirty diapers.