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Why do people always talk about Marxio but hardly ever talk about Enguigi? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is it because Marx wrote more theory than Engels?

I dunno, Engels just seemed like a swell guy the way he supported Marx a lot. A true bestie.

Also does this count as a bad post because of the title? Sorry.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They had met a few times before, but it was when Marx had read "The Condition of the Working Class in England" by Engels, that they became lifelong friends.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

The Condition of the Working Class in England is actually a stunning and brilliant piece of epidemiological work, it's hard to believe it was published before John Snow (London Cholera map guy) was even a doctor