capitalism, in order to understand how the society may be changed into socialism and who would support him on his ideas in order to distribute the wealth of the rich for the better of the society. I would argue that this is a crucial argument in order to begin a revolution. As we can see throughout history, it is not enough to simply state that capitalism is wrong and unethical in order to overthrow it. This approach separates Marxism from any other socialist schools and by reading Capital makes his audience understand the inner workings of capitalism. Although reading such dense book may seem difficult at first, soon the readings begin to understand that everything that he says is quite obvious once we stop and think for a second. However,
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He becomes an appendage of the machine, and it is only the most simple, most monotonous, and most easily acquired knack, that is required of him. Hence, the cost of production of a workman is restricted, almost entirely, to the means of subsistence that he requires for maintenance, and for the propagation of his race. But the price of a commodity, and therefore also of labor, is equal to its cost of production. In proportion, therefore, as the repulsiveness of the work increases, the wage decreases. Nay more, in proportion as the use of machinery and division of labor increases, in the same proportion the burden of toil also increases, whether by prolongation of the working hours, by the increase of the work exacted in a given time or by increased speed of machinery, etc.” Karl Marx’s quote accurately describes the demand that was put on the proletariats of his time and it becomes evident that what he talks about in The Communist Manifesto is still happening today. Every year companies introduce new technology into the workforce, making the human labor decrease. Suddenly we see that for a large corporation, a human is nothing more than a puppet that can be easily controlled and then thrown out. Consequently, such behaviour has created tension between the classes as we have seen with movements like Occupy Wall Street that began in 2011 and protested against corporations, avarice and oppression of the
He becomes an appendage of the machine, and it is only the most simple, most monotonous, and most easily acquired knack, that is required of him. Hence, the cost of production of a workman is restricted, almost entirely, to the means of subsistence that he requires for maintenance, and for the propagation of his race. But the price of a commodity, and therefore also of labor, is equal to its cost of production. In proportion, therefore, as the repulsiveness of the work increases, the wage decreases. Nay more, in proportion as the use of machinery and division of labor increases, in the same proportion the burden of toil also increases, whether by prolongation of the working hours, by the increase of the work exacted in a given time or by increased speed of machinery, etc.” Karl Marx’s quote accurately describes the demand that was put on the proletariats of his time and it becomes evident that what he talks about in The Communist Manifesto is still happening today. Every year companies introduce new technology into the workforce, making the human labor decrease. Suddenly we see that for a large corporation, a human is nothing more than a puppet that can be easily controlled and then thrown out. Consequently, such behaviour has created tension between the classes as we have seen with movements like Occupy Wall Street that began in 2011 and protested against corporations, avarice and oppression of the