SummaryMarx criticizes the actual world, which he sees as perverted. In particular, he criticizes political society, that is the Prussian state, as a despotism whose
This has been difficult to follow, and frankly, of little interest to me. But Marx considered Hegel to have hit on something important- the alienation
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“I have more intellectual pursuits, and less intellect with which to pursue them.”
The domain name is a play on my name: David Laurance. David is of Hebrew origin and means something like “beloved”, and my middle name “Laurance” is derived from the name of a great aunt “Laura” back somewhere in the ancestry. The male equivalent is Lawrence, or Larry…. so… “beloved Larry” > everyone loves Larry.