As a non communist, should i read the manifesto? (Plus other Marx and Engels stuff) (lemmy.ml)

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I am interested in politics, and even tho i am not a communist, i am interested in what can be learned from it and i also want to learn more about political ideologies as a whole, instead of speaking out of my ass whenever someone mentions communism and potentially say some bullshit. What do you think?

Edit: thanks for all the answers! I swear i read them all, i just don’t know how to answer to each of them, but thanks for all the recommendations!

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[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

I feel like you should read anything that people find so polarizing and taboo. It's short and its pretty dang hard to disagree with.

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