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What is a piece of media that literally changed the world/had a real world impact? (lemmy.zip)

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For example: Jaws crashed the shark population and Sideways changed the popularity of 2 different Wines.

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[-] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 20 hours ago

Marx, Kant, all of Leibniz' writings. Leibniz needs to be honored more for how ahead of his time he was. Computing algorythms in the 17th century. Mathematics on universe? The last Polymath...

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Leibniz was for sure a bonafide genius, but my god was he a weird, foppish little Christian dandy

[-] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 hours ago

Oooh yess and i love him! He is litterly like me (i read his letters and letters about him)

[-] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Marx is probably the single most important writer in all of history, and it’s honestly unlikely that he will ever be supplanted. The dude gave us the science for understanding how human societies function and how to resolve structural problems. What could be more important than that?

[-] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 hours ago

The first code of laws of civilization?

[-] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Except that historical materialism shows that civilizations and laws change based modes and relationships of production. So sure, the first set of laws were important, but Marxism allows us to analyze and optimally shape those laws. To me, that is a more important development.

[-] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

No, yeah, you're right. I see your point and you're right :)

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