Why every house needs a big book about Marx 

(and a fire extinguisher)

Tariq Ali, some weeks back:

"One of the things I would strongly advise against is any tendency to try and judge a book exclusively by its sales. 

"And sometimes, to give you an example which a colleague of ours used recently, you have to have objects in a house which you don't often use but are absolutely necessary to save that house, like a fire extinguisher.  How often do we use that? 

"So a big, good book on Marx I would compare to a fire extinguisher -- always useful to have in the house, for reference."  

Thus spaketh in this video, approximately 2 and a quarter hours in.

Note that Ali does not advise one to attempt to use the big, good book on Marx as a fire extinguisher.

TA is the easiest speaker to transcribe that we have ever heard.