Marx Response

Marx for Beginners was an interesting book overall. It combines a simplistic graphic novel layout with concentrated information on Marx’s life, influences and theories. It was short in length but a difficult read, during which even the caricatures express their confusion. A large portion of the novel seems to be either contradictory to the following page, or seemingly obvious. Though it does get the idea across that it seems obvious only due to the early philosophers who investigated the idea in the first place. Overall, Rius attempts to simplify Marx for the reader using a less intimidating aesthetic, but the content is still quite profound.
Marx is highly intrigued on the history of class distinction and struggle. He investigates the maturation of class separation over the ages and comprises theories on capitalism that make a lot of sense. I question whether they seem so accurate because I fall into the proletariat class myself, or because this is the first argument I have examined on the subject. Marx believed in a greater freedom for all of society, but if classism was to be abolished, perhaps that be an entrapment of the bourgeoisie. Man needs to struggle to accomplish, and in a “free society” there would be stagnancy without the drive to move upward.
After inspecting Marx’s theory through the eyes of Rius, I do feel that the best way would be to become an entrepreneur or act as a freelancer who is both laborer and profiteer. Alienation is almost negated if one acts independently and pays for material. They create and work as a singular unique source of production, which in turn heightens the value of the product. This freelancer sells the exclusive outcome while capitalizing on their own production. I call it Codism for beginners.