A Rejection of Capitalism
The basic ingredient of capitalism is the trading of labor for something else of value. This labor is then used to generate profits for the employer. "Labor power is, therefore, a commodity which its possessor, the wage-worker sells to capital. Why does he sell it? In order to live (p. 204)." This is the fundamental recipe for capitalism in today's system. Marx sees this system as a failure of mankind. This is a system that separates those who own, and those who do not. "The proletarian class feels destroyed in this alienation, seeing in it its own impotence and the reality of an inhuman existence. The possessing class feels satisfied and affirmed in this self-alienation, experiencing the alienation as a sign of its own power (p.133)." What Marx is trying to say, (I can sure tell that English was not his first language) is that "most will work for few." There will be a class of ultra-rich and a very large majority of ultra-poor. When you look back through our last 150 years of history, it is not too hard to see that without some kind of government intervention, Marx's predictions would not be too far off of the target. In fact, I would argue that without government intervention, Marx's ideas were cor
With our freedom and equality, and no emphasis on status, we will have no need for crime. We would not have the choices that we have today. Marx sees this as the beginning of the end. This allows us more time to enjoy life. Now I find myself asking, "is this more democratic or republican?" Maybe I am just becoming more comfortable in my role as a poor college student, but I find myself becoming less worried about materialistic possessions. We can live in a society that does not have a VIP line. He then puts those rights in a cause-effect relationship with the theory of absolute capitalism. This allows us more freedom to spend with our families. This is a voluntary method of creating a society based on different social classes. Our own need to own enough stuff so that we can feel good about ourselves will be our certain downfall. In Marx's beautiful system we have true equality. Lucky for us, we do not live in an absolute capitalist society.
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