The Edukators Film Analysis

The film, “The Edukators,” by Hans Weingartner is a drama about three young activists who believed that something needed to be done to bring awareness of the growing disparity in wealth between the rich and the poor. Similar to Karl Marx’s analysis of class struggle in capitalism, Jan, Peter, and Jules blamed their poor living conditions, and those of the lower class, on a greedy and exploitative capitalist system controlled by the wealthy; where low-wage labor is used to produce products that reap high profits for wealthy corporations, while the workers continue to struggle financially in meeting their basic needs and providing for their families. This exploitative social relationship that Marx and the three activists describe is in proportion …show more content…
Not only were these workers paid very low wages for long hours of work, but they also had to deal with unhealthy working conditions. This scenario illustrates how the working poor and their families are stuck within a perpetual cycle of poverty by a greedy corporate world that is more interested in accumulating large amounts of wealth then helping these workers and their families obtain a better quality of life. Furthermore, the anti-protestors were trying to bring awareness that the consumers were ignoring the plight of the workers by purchasing the expensive sneakers. An increase in sales only benefited the greedy business owner who controlled the means of production. By selling the sneakers at a much higher price then what it cost to manufacture them, a substantial profit was produced for the business, but no additional benefits were earned by the workers. As the activists and Marx point out, the money-grubbing corporate world expands its capital at the expense of the workers, while the poor workers are guaranteed a lifetime of poverty and unhappiness. In addition to the exploitive nature of the workings of capitalism shown in the first scene, the activists were very conscious and extremely critical of the inequality that existed between their living conditions and that of Hardenberg, the rich businessman whom Jules was deeply indebted. Hardenberg acknowledged that his wealth provided him and his family a high standard of living which included many privileges, such as hiring an expensive attorney that saddled young Jules with a boatload of debt that greatly impacted her chances of