I’ve read a lot online and listened to a lot of videos/podcasts in the last 3 or so years, but I’m genuinely interested in reading solid theory (instead of hearing them quoted in YouTube videos, podcasts and articles). I am not smart enough to understand das kapital and I don’t read books that often at all (I have read the manifesto)
What should be the first three books I buy to warm myself up into understanding the theory more in depth compared to quotes, memes, YouTube videos/podcasts etc. (I was thinking maybe a Marx book, Lenin book and a Foucault book? But I have no idea!)
What would your suggestion for your first 3 books
PS I’m also new to the chapo.chat community! I haven’t been a part of a cth community since the original was banned so sorry if it’s in the wrong community!
Side note, I love how Lih's book is essentially "wtf why is everybody still reading this random pamphlet of Lenin's that's only relevant to a very specific situation/critique?!"
Anyway, yeah his modern analysis isn't fantastic, but I think he does a great job of laying out Marx, Engels, and Lenin's views on electoralism and voting, which is the bit I care about.