Does capitalism lead to communism? This idea stems from Karl Marx an early contributor to sociology. Living from 1818-1883, Marx developed early ideas and ways of understanding elements of society through his time. His developments of conflict theory give us guidelines to comprehend what and why things happen as well as reasoning to struggles of common people by the suppression of elites.
Conflict theory originates from the idea of life and the social system being positive. (Durkin & Carrothers,2015) This perspective isn’t much for explaining stability as it is for pinpointing social change. One of my reason for choosing Marx and his involvement in conflict is his idea that either you’re the system or part of the system. In conflict’s macro …show more content…
Today in our modern society you can see examples of this statement. The never-ending tables and graphs you see depicting the wealthy, ruling class’ grasp on society and the filling of their pockets. Marx saw this and identified that the ruling class was using its growing power to control elements of society. (Durkin & Carrothers,2015) Also, he saw the differences in the two classes of capitalism the “bourgeoisie” and the “proletariat”. (Durkin & Carrothers,2015) He noted that the wealthy use forms of “false consciousness” to give meaning to the working-class lives and steering them away from the realization of their own misery’s. (Durkin & Carrothers,2015) These false conscious ideas brought on by the dominate class would eventually be noticed by lower members of society and fail in the eyes of Marx leading the fall of capitalism. Marx’s though that it would happen saying that people of the system must acknowledge the deception of its subsistence. (Thomas, 2013) The proletariat would see through these forced ideas of the powerful and revolt against a rigged system in turn opting for a more socialist or communist approach. (Durkin & Carrothers,2015) What amazes me is that Karl Marx saw this so many years ago and how it relates to today. With today’s society working harder for less pay, less benefits, and higher taxes you can start to see where the institution of capitalism is starting to falter like Marx said. Furthermore, an example of society beginning to see through forms of false consciousness and the grasp of society the elite group has is the publics awaking to false media. Individuals are turning to more objective forms of media and fact checking websites seeing how mainstream news is contorting the crucial facts, suppressing them to align with what the ruling class wants them to see. This is right in line with Marx’s statements. Although Marx’s ideas about capitalism never came to fruition you can
Conflict theory originates from the idea of life and the social system being positive. (Durkin & Carrothers,2015) This perspective isn’t much for explaining stability as it is for pinpointing social change. One of my reason for choosing Marx and his involvement in conflict is his idea that either you’re the system or part of the system. In conflict’s macro …show more content…
Today in our modern society you can see examples of this statement. The never-ending tables and graphs you see depicting the wealthy, ruling class’ grasp on society and the filling of their pockets. Marx saw this and identified that the ruling class was using its growing power to control elements of society. (Durkin & Carrothers,2015) Also, he saw the differences in the two classes of capitalism the “bourgeoisie” and the “proletariat”. (Durkin & Carrothers,2015) He noted that the wealthy use forms of “false consciousness” to give meaning to the working-class lives and steering them away from the realization of their own misery’s. (Durkin & Carrothers,2015) These false conscious ideas brought on by the dominate class would eventually be noticed by lower members of society and fail in the eyes of Marx leading the fall of capitalism. Marx’s though that it would happen saying that people of the system must acknowledge the deception of its subsistence. (Thomas, 2013) The proletariat would see through these forced ideas of the powerful and revolt against a rigged system in turn opting for a more socialist or communist approach. (Durkin & Carrothers,2015) What amazes me is that Karl Marx saw this so many years ago and how it relates to today. With today’s society working harder for less pay, less benefits, and higher taxes you can start to see where the institution of capitalism is starting to falter like Marx said. Furthermore, an example of society beginning to see through forms of false consciousness and the grasp of society the elite group has is the publics awaking to false media. Individuals are turning to more objective forms of media and fact checking websites seeing how mainstream news is contorting the crucial facts, suppressing them to align with what the ruling class wants them to see. This is right in line with Marx’s statements. Although Marx’s ideas about capitalism never came to fruition you can