Marx for Beginners - Irene

First off, I think that the comic book style for this topic, or this book at least, does not work. Many times, I found the visuals unrelated, uninteresting, sometimes distracting and I questioned how necessary its presence was. To attempt to explain Marx's life, theories and influences(which requires a retelling of many different histories), I felt like I might as well just have read a history book, which probably would've be more organized, clearer and been more in depth about historical and social concepts.
Because of the nature of humans, we will always prioritize, place different values in different things, and this includes our love of the self and love for others. This inherent gap in value can only get wider, and systems of oppression will naturally come into place and cannot be eradicated. Capitalism only further exploits this and can solve no problems. To combat it, Marx came up with the idea of unions, which is the idea of oppressed laborers banding together to improve working conditions and wages, not just for oneself, but for the future as well.