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Jul 2021
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What is human nature? | The ABCs of Marx...

Revolutionary Communist Party
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Are humans greedy or selfish? Do we have a soul or an essence? Is there a way that we should live, one more true than how we live now? And how does this relate to the question of knowledge and thought? Subscribe to the newly re-launched In Defence of Marxism theoretical magazine to learn more about the revolutionary ideas of Marxism: https://www.socialist.n ... Show More
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