Karl Guthe Jansky

The communism and capitalism clash polarized the world during the cold war. Since in the end a capitalist country won we were taught that the theory of communism is wrong and inferior to that of capitalism. The question that should be asked is whether a country’s economy would excel better while controlled through communism, in contrast to the free economy through capitalism. To decide which of these extreme socioeconomic theories meets the needs of its citizens one must look at the differences…

“Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand,” said Karl Marx. In the story “The Great Gatsby”, Marxism is shown along with the setting and characters of the book. Marxism is the theory of struggle between classes in a society. Each set area has a resemblance to Marxism and they show example of the social classes and how they are each divided and each struggled. “The Great Gatsby” is an excellent…

The source of alienation and discontent has been argued by may people, two major people being Sigmund Freud and Karl Marx. Marx believed that the source of man’s alienation came from society, specifically the economy/state, but Freud argued that discontentment came from a more personal place, on more of a physiological level. Marx’s solution was to abolish private property, eliminating peoples’ feelings of not seeing their work pay off. Freud’s method to get rid of discontentment was for people…

Modern society’s most incredible feats and most gruesome cessations of social justice have come as we, the people, strive for an ideal life for ourselves and those closest to us. Sir Thomas More, through Utopia, and Friedrich Engels, through The Condition of the Working Class in England, give us firsthand perspectives into the inception and development of the capitalist society we know today. Our graduation from communal property to private property has torn through the Cottage Industry, the…

The Communist Manifesto is the first document with systematic and complete presentation of all components of the great teachings of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. It formulates the basic provisions of the materialist understanding of history, the objective laws of development of society, regularities of transition from one mode of production to another. It also describes the history of all existing class societies as the history of class struggles. Both the role and evolution of the…

It is clear that the political and economic state has changed since the early 1900’s. Harry Leslie Smith is the author of the book Harry’s Last Stand: How the world my generation built is falling down, and what we can do to save it. He explains throughout the read that the world as a whole has progressed in an economic perspective, but there is a possibility of regression if we continue on the same path we are currently on. I have chosen to highlight and critique three important points discussed…

Karl Marx was a German philosopher who developed the idea of communism. Communism is Marx’s theory of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state (Communism). With communism, members cannot get goods and services from other people’s work. He wanted to destroy Capitalism. Capitalism is an economic system in which all or most of the means of production and distribution are privately owned and…

The capitalist bourgeoisie and proletariat relationship were ones that involved the proletariat being exploited mercilessly by the bourgeoisie. The proletariat worked very hard and created a lot of wealth that is sold by the bourgeoisie for more than the value allocated to the worker's labor. This implies that capitalism required an underclass that does not make any profit from his work and remains continuously exploited. The capitalist who is in control of the production process makes earnings…

We have looked now at both socialism and capitalism and how they differ. There are not many similarities between the two except maybe that they both want to run a society in an efficient manner. They just have very different ways of going about it. For a socialist movement to take root in an otherwise capitalistic society the following would have to occur. To make the people want a different system, more mandates, regulation, and taxes are implemented, making it more difficult and nearly…

In The Communist Manifesto, Marx believes that the working class will overthrow the ruling capitalist class. During the Industrial Revolution in England, the two classes that become defined is the bourgeoisie, which are considered middle class and the proletariat, which are the working class. The modern industry and large capitalists took over small businesses owners, and these groups of people become part of the working class. The proletariat class is large in size compared to the bourgeoisie…