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Friedrich Engels — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being a rich or efficient agrarian economy is not what produces an industrial revolution, or one would have happened much earlier and somewhere other than Europe. — tap to centre the map on it Being a rich or efficient agrarian economy is not what produces an industrial revolution, or one would have happened much earlier and somewhere other than Europe. Last stated 4 years ago
26 Aug 2022
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Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: With the propertied class so blind, only a violent revolution can solve England's social question — tap to centre the map on it With the propertied class so blind, only a violent revolution can solve England's social question
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Friedrich Engels — holds since c. 1845 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Machinery and division of labour make factory work monotonous and reduce the worker to an appendage of the machine — tap to centre the map on it Machinery and division of labour make factory work monotonous and reduce the worker to an appendage of the machine
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Karl Marx — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are
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Friedrich Engels — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Industrial Revolution was not inevitable: it needed a set of very specific preconditions that only Britain, at that moment, actually had. — tap to centre the map on it The Industrial Revolution was not inevitable: it needed a set of very specific preconditions that only Britain, at that moment, actually had. Last stated 4 years ago
26 Aug 2022
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Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Capitalism produces its own grave-diggers, and its fall and the workers' victory are equally inevitable — tap to centre the map on it Capitalism produces its own grave-diggers, and its fall and the workers' victory are equally inevitable
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Karl Marx — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are
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Friedrich Engels — holds since c. 1848 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In colonial countries only the peasantry is revolutionary, because it has nothing to lose and everything to gain — tap to centre the map on it In colonial countries only the peasantry is revolutionary, because it has nothing to lose and everything to gain
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Frantz Fanon — holds since c. 1961 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The agricultural revolution empowered the collective but made the lives of most individuals worse — tap to centre the map on it The agricultural revolution empowered the collective but made the lives of most individuals worse Last stated 10 years ago
21 Feb 2017
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Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2017-02-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Capital accumulation was probably not what caused the British Industrial Revolution, given how cheap it was to set up even large factories. — tap to centre the map on it Capital accumulation was probably not what caused the British Industrial Revolution, given how cheap it was to set up even large factories. Last stated 4 years ago
26 Aug 2022
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Davis Kedrosky — holds since 2022-08-26 — tap for who they are
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Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
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Matthew Yglesias — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are
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Branko Milanovic — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
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The industrial revolution made England the classic land of the proletariat
Last stated c. 1845
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Being a rich or efficient agrarian economy is not what produces an industrial revolution, or one would have happened much earlier and somewhere other than Europe.
Holds
With the propertied class so blind, only a violent revolution can solve England's social question
Last stated c. 1845
Holds
Machinery and division of labour make factory work monotonous and reduce the worker to an appendage of the machine
Last stated c. 1848
Holds
The Industrial Revolution was not inevitable: it needed a set of very specific preconditions that only Britain, at that moment, actually had.
Holds
Capitalism produces its own grave-diggers, and its fall and the workers' victory are equally inevitable
Last stated c. 1848
Holds
In colonial countries only the peasantry is revolutionary, because it has nothing to lose and everything to gain
Last stated c. 1961
Holds
The agricultural revolution empowered the collective but made the lives of most individuals worse
Holds
Capital accumulation was probably not what caused the British Industrial Revolution, given how cheap it was to set up even large factories.
Holds
"Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible.
Holds
A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use.
Holds
A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves.
Holds
'As long as it takes' lacks urgency, and it is a formula available to Ukraine's allies precisely because they are not the ones doing the fighting.
Holds
9/11 and Osama bin Laden's actions fundamentally shaped the world we live in today.
Holds
A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible.
Holds
A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted.
Holds
A nuclear war between the United States and Russia would kill five billion people.
Holds
A price cap on Russian oil can reduce Russian oil revenue even with limited compliance, by strengthening buyers' bargaining position.
Holds