I just
got off the phone with my little sister. I asked her how she was doing and she
said “crappy”. I asked why. She tried to find the words but couldn’t. I said is
it because of the world and she said what do you mean?” I said “sorry I’m
studying Karl Marx and he said that people’s happiness depends on the material
world around them and their relations to the world around them. She said no, it’s
not that, it’s… “ the ideas?” I chimed in. “yeah” “Well Marx also said that the
people in charge of the material things are also in charge of the ideas” she said
“oh. Ok.” I said “I don’t really agree with that, I think that a lot of ideas
come from the bottom and that there are lots who don’t have a lot of material
things.” “Ok”.
