of elephants and men, and scumbags

[Zenaan Harkness]

On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:14:58AM -0800, Razer wrote:
> On November 18, 2018 2:09:47 PM PST, Zenaan Harkness <zen at freedbms.net> wrote:

> >On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 10:08:49AM -0800, Razer wrote:
> >>  "This is dedicated to the people in the building above me who
> >>  called the cops on me when I was just trying to get some money to
> >>  feed my daughter." ~Karl Marx, Dedication, Communist Manifesto.

That purported dedication by Marx struck a bell when I first read it.

Still does.

I've hunted around again, still can't find if it's apocryphal or factual.  If anyone finds a more concrete reference, any link would be appreciated.

Best I found was this:

  Manuscript of Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
  https://socialhistoryportal.org/museum/6671

    .. The only remaining manuscript page of The Communist Manifesto,
    written by Karl Marx in 1847. The handwriting is almost illegible.
    This text ends with the famous phrases 'The proletarians have
    nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working
    men of all countries, unite!'
    manuscript
    Germany
    1847
    Inv. Nr.: 
    archive Karl Marx
    Institute: 
    IISH



> >Ha! Is that actually true?
> 
> Not sure... I read that somewhere but it must have been in the manuscript. Marxist.org doesn't show a dedication.
> https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/index.htm
> 
> I know it appears in this little piece of Knee-Grow music.
> 
> "Yeah, this album is dedicated
> To all the teachers that told me I'd never amount to nothin'
> To all the people that lived above the buildings that I was hustlin' in front of
> Called the police on me when I was just tryin' to make some money to feed my daughter (it's all good)
> And all the niggas in the struggle
> You know what I'm sayin'? It's all good, baby baby..."
> 
> https://genius.com/The-notorious-big-juicy-lyrics
> 
> Rr
> 
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