Analysis Of Karl Marx's Factory System

Karl Marx’s economic thinking or analyses was focused on the factory system. In the first chapter, he began with a quotation from John Stuart Mill in his Principles of Political Economy: “It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day’s toil of any human being” (section 1). This quote by Marx’s point of view might imply that the use of machines can be reduce the basic value of the products. Capitalists only aim for interest rather than human rights and actual purpose of the capitalists focus on the usage of machines rather than humans, which have increased the rate of production. The businesses that make use of capitalism can now reduce the worker’s wage due to the fact of less work done by the employees …show more content…
The development of machinery created bright business prospects, and it has increased economic production since it increases the speeds of the goods, which improve the development of the country. However, it appears many problems to the workers since they their owner was the head of the machine as he mentions. Therefore, the employer wanting to increase this own benefit and forced the workers to work more concentrated on the machine and need to increase their work speeds. This may correlate with the onset of schizophrenia and excessive. After reading this, it made me think of child labor. Children need to learn how to work in the factory at a very young age and work more than 12 hours; working in a horrific condition and lose their childhood. Many of them are killed because of tuberculosis due to the emission from the machine and injury from the …show more content…
As we discuss the function of Google map or Apple map. Back to 19th century, it is hard for people to find their directory if they got lost. However, in 21st century, we can use mobile phone to position where are you and tells you how to make a way to your destination. Also, mobile phone has many apps that can be downloading, to have some enjoyment and makes your life more convenience. Not only that, subway is the “best” and must transportation that people use every day. If without the historical development of railway, subway would not be existing. Maybe we still riding house as the transportation. Addition, the example of Jack Ma’s Taocafe in China, which is an artificial intelligence to replace people’s supermarket. No salesman and no cashier work in the supermarket, everything is done by the machines. From Ma’s courageous step, someday machines might replace people. This also has negative and positive effect as the development of machinery. It close job opportunity for people and it somehow same as giving people’s time to rest.
To sum up, for the long run of the development of machinery is the paving of modern industry, industry has play a huge role today. Many factories open around the city, but I am confusion whether it is good or not because the emission from the factory. Variety of products were produced by the factory and having trade around the world,