Broletariat

Thanks. The inspiration behind that post was wholly yours, however. As for answering other learning threads with diagrams, my feelings are as follows:

We are here tonight to celebrate,
The rising of the Third World states,
And to reignite the Feds,
And with Chavez explode their heads,
And while a diagram may help,
Just like a fish is helped by kelp
To satisfy their adoration
For accurate demonstration,
Without remuneration,
Yet we must keep it in moderation,
'Cuz the Third World's risin' now,
And if you overdo 'em, POW!
You done robbed the humour off 'em,
And then the Third World will kick your bottom
With great indignation.

I'm willing if you are, though.

I suppose that, if you want, the fact that there were vigorous struggles over the length of the working day pretty clearly reveals that capitalists get their money from selling goods produced by the workers. Otherwise, they wouldn't really be too concerned about it.

Well, Marx does have the occasional pithy comment and such, so it's worth going through, although you can skim it if you really like. What's strange is that some people recommend starting 'Capital' by reading the historical sections, generally because they regret the fact that 'Capital' isn't a propaganda leaflet and wish to pretend that it is one.

Heh, yes. The similarity was more one of style than of substance.

Well, it's more or less accurate in what it's trying to show, yes. In capitalism various spheres of production interact only through exchange as private entities, in socialism they work as a single body.

I'll be honest, the first thought I had when looking at your post on production in socialism was, 'Wait, did Broletariat just turn into ckaihatsu?'