Friday, November 14, 2014
Proletarian Revolution??
The last two weeks in our philosophy class, we've discussed a few philosophers. They've all had some tremendous moral arguments. In fact, i found all of them to be quite interesting, however Karl Marx stands out. His argument on capitalism being an immoral system is absolutely correct. He reduces capitalism into two classes of the bourgeoisie (owner of the mean) and the proletariat (the worker). More specific, he defines capitalism as a social, economic relation between people as oppose of it being a relation between people and things. He added that capitalism operates according to the fundamental contradiction. Meaning the proletariat contribute the most to product without profiting while the bourgeoisie distribute the product and gaining the most in the process. Marx believed that this is reason as to why people seek to abolish capitalism. He thought their attempt to abolish capitalism was strictly based off the bourgeoisie exploiting the proletariat. He thought that this imbalance between the bourgeoisie and proletariat would lead to a social revolution and I agree with him. Dr. J mentioned an interesting fact about the social economic in the United States right now. She mentioned that out of 317 (current population) millions of Americans, only like 48 people are legitimate bourgeoisie. So as nasty and violent a social revolution would be, this huge gap of an economic imbalance lead me to think that a social revolution is imminent. however, i believe that it is an issue that would only resonate among to the lower class because i don't think the middle class (doctors, athletes, small business owner etc..) would necessarily join the revolution.
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I understand what you were saying about Marx. Like Marx said, proletarians benefit more without a profit. Once they build all of the industry, they get paid this little amount and go buy the product they built. It's all just cycling to the bourgeoisie. It's like saying that the bourgeoisie will always win.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with what your saying not always but many a time the rich who practically do nothing when it comes to their business get the most while those that do the most get the least. And because the bourgeoisie are already rich it is much easier to keep, maintain, and even expand their wealth continuing on the endless cycle of bourgeoisie and proletariat.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the "middle" class not wanting to join in the revolution, but I believe that is what the bourgeoisie plan on. They expect for the middle class to look down on the "lower" class and say "well, I'm better off than they are" and continue to aspire to live like a bourgeoisie instead of realizing that everyone not a bourgeoisie is a proletariat. There are many levels to proletariat status but that doesn't change the fact that if you're not a bourgeoisie, you're a proletariat.
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