Engels Utopia

In general, a utopia is an idealized society that is unattainable because too many variables are required for the idealized perfection that it represents. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels considered class struggle, economic tension, the divide between the bourgeoisie and proletariat class as several of the variables that are required for utopian socialism. Today, technology is making the need for capitalism obsolete in labor-driven professions. Most jobs can be replaced by robots or automation. In Engels’ Utopia, food services would be monitored by the government and it would allow citizens the ability to do more of what they want in their own time. The bourgeoisie would be the class that would monitor theft. They would see to the food items that will be delivered to individuals by exploiting the proletariats. Food services will be quicker when run by the …show more content…
Proletarians will increase the total productive forces as rapidly as possible. This will lead to the automation of food delivery services. We will pay a set amount each month for food to be delivered at our homes. We can see a lot of these services today that have an inkling into the glimpse of the future. Services such as DoorDash, UberEats, and Yelp24 have all made waves in the food delivery service business. They are private companies, but if the state controlled them then it could provide a more consistent service in the likes of McDonalds being delivered to your doorstep. DoorDash, for example, has implemented robots that deliver food in Redwood City, California. Although it still requires a human handler, it is a glimpse into the future of how food delivery will change the ways we operate productively and socially. It might bring us closer to what utopia is, if everyone, rich and poor, puts asides the constant struggle to put food on the table, and work together toward improving the lives of everyone in the