Carl Degler's Views On Labor Unions And Capitalism

Carl Degler's views against the labor unions and capitalism are divided into what he thinks as “conservatives” and “radicals”. The labor movement accepted capitalism and acted in a conservative way to the radical changes in the economic system. Modern capitalism is the freeing of land, labor and capitalism from values of a traditional society. Capitalism is defined as “a economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.” Degler refers to “capitalism came in the first ships” as numerous ships docked in the Boston Harbor and appointed mansions of the merchants bore ample testimony. The puritans individually owned their land and had many warehouses, yet the Quakers shared and owned their businesses and believed in individualism and that capitalism gave a path to wealth as well as individual ownership, known as the “Strewed businessmen”. However the Virginians looked for gold, planted food crops, and Tobacco. They weren't considered capitalist, yet they were collective and farmed together as one in order to live under the circumstances but, later turned into individualist of their own land. Along with Maryland and New …show more content…
Labor unions spurred a sense of community for the workers at the time. These workers became individualistic, however the unions offered communal solidarity. This movement was a total downfall because the conservative was too weak against the profit-orientated social structure. Another effect was when the labor union arose in the 19th century and Americans took the jobs in the mills, factories, and mines in the growing industrial. The unions were organized by the workers who united as one to bargain with the owners of the business that employed them. They would bargain for recognition, higher wages, shorter hours, and better working