Marx makes a valid point when he explains his view on
Capitalism. As Dr. J explained in class, according to Marx, there are only two
classes of people in our economy, the “Bourgeoisie” and the “Proletariat”,
therefore, our Capitalistic economy will eventually create such a big gap
between the two. The outcome being, the rich getting richer and fewer and the
poor getting poorer and more numerous.
My bone to pick with this issue has to do with the power and
control that big businesses and corporations have over our government. Those
corporations have political power because of their federal status as
“individuals”. That status gives them the right to donate very large amounts of
money to politicians and their political campaigns. An example of that is that
is the fact that the NRA and its allies in the firearms industries have
together poured nearly $81million into House, Senate, and presidential
elections since the 2000 election cycle, according to federal disclosures.
How can people stand a chance to fight against corporations
that already have politicians in their pay roll? How can we defend our
environment against corporations in the Coal industry? Corporations take
advantage of our poor communities by dumping their toxic waste into their water
streams or locating land fields right in their back yard. This is never the
case in prominent communities where the health of people actually matters.
I would like to see our society seek a change that will put
the well being of citizens before the greed and growth of corporations.
"How can people stand a chance to fight against corporations that already have politicians in their pay roll?" I think if you have a lot of unhappy then at some point something has to be done to make sure they don't deter your plans. Once we realize this and engage in revolution then they will have no other choice but to adhere to our demands.
ReplyDelete"I would like to see our society seek a change that will put the well being of citizens before the greed and growth of corporations." I couldn't agree with you more. The current system is too flawed in its current state and needs to be fixed for the former to be achieved.
I agree with this as well. In my opinion both of the pure versions of capitalism and socialism are fundamentally flawed. Both look good on paper, but various factors make them fail in practice. Are government has somewhat realized this, hence why we have a "mixed economy". It is in quotes because it is not mixed enough. Our rights take a back seat to money. They are trying to go back to the gilded age even though it has been proven not to work. However, I disagree with people predicting a violent revolution. What we should strive for is an economy that takes the pros of both models.
ReplyDeleteI disagree. The United States government is setup where if the people are truly unhappy then they can over throw the government in a nonviolent manner. The real problem lies in the fact that most people just do not care or believe they do not have the power to change anything.
ReplyDeleteFor the third time I am writing this. I agree with Austin, people have the opportunity to make a difference. It is simply whether they want to do it or not. Yes it can be long process but how bad do a person really want it? I think people find it easier to complain then to actually try to make a difference. People say poor people don't have the opportunity for college, but TN for example the less money you make the more money the government gives you where making a decent income you get nothing. Basically a person has to have the drive.
ReplyDelete"Money makes the world go round" is the so called old saying, usually defining that it's really all that people will listen to (also, "money talks"). There is a LOT of focus, especially here in the US (I can't speak much for other places by firsthand experience), on wealth and the accumulation thereof. Politicians can be bought because who wouldn't accept a huge bribe just to do your job? It's a huge business, and people feed a political machine based on input (money) and output (effectively a positive political impact and legislature that is good for them), rather than a system to protect the people. When the focus goes away from money and more towards doing political good for people, then it won't be possible to buy the majority of politicians out because they wouldn't stand for it on moral grounds. Really, when you have the people who make the laws being subject to corruption, they can remake the laws to make that corruption of the system legal, so the system allows people to do whatever they please because they're the one's running the system. It's cyclical, that's all, and it'll have to change for there to be progress.
ReplyDeleteHe has a point with all this, there is a seperation between church and state, but maybe there should be seperation between corporations and state. A politician can not do the best for his country if his pay comes from being most interested in what a company wants. This is all leading to an unhealthy way of life as well as an unhealthy way to run a government. It ties up the people in a way where we are stuck where we cannot fight back.
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