What’s Up With Capitalism? A Marxist Perspective

This is a simple educational video about Marxism. The explanation is (quite literally) a bit of a cartoon, so take it for what it’s worth. Hopefully you will get something out of it. Whether or not Karl Marx is right, he started an important conversation that we are still having over a century later. Support me on Patreon: Make a one-time donation: The music in this video is by Kevin MacLeod, and can be found at Further reading: The pamphlet this video was based on: Karl Marx, “Wage Labour and Capital“, On private property: Karl Marx, “Private Property and Communism“, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, “What is Property?“, On different forms of value: Karl Marx, “The Value Form“, Ernest Mandel, “Value, Surplus Value, Profit, Prices of Production and Surplus Capital“, On labor exploitation: Karl Marx, “Capital“, Chapter 9: “The Rate of Surplus-Value“, Karl Marx, “Capital“, Chapter 10: “The Working Day“, Marxist Revolutionary Theory: Karl Marx, “The Manifesto of the Communist Party“, Mao Tse-tung, “On Practice“, Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:18 Owning the Means of Production 1:16 Use-Value and Exchange-Value 3:03 Appropriation of Surplus Value 5:19 Crisis and Revolution 7:35 Closing Thoughts