Personally, I hated this reading. It wasn't very hard to understand but as I was reading it, I was literally shaking my head in disbelief that someone could think like this. He says that people that live in a capitalistic society are close-minded, but is he not being close-minded by saying that?
Marx also states that a capitalistic society couldn't function and would end in destruction or war every time. Man would he be appalled if he were still alive today. No our government isn't perfect, but most us of have a place to live, a car to drive, job opportunists and much more. I was honestly getting mad reading this post. I am in discordant with him pretty much 99%.
The only part of the reading I actually agreed with was in the beginning Marx said that throughout time there have been leader and followers, and that it'll always be that way. I do agree that there are people that are born to lead and that there are people that are born to follow.
I'd have to agree with you in part. He did certainly have a cynical view of capitalism. That coupled with the fact that no large scale communist states have existed with out it either failing, and/or existing with a lower GDP and standard of living along with an inherent lack of basic civil rights for it's citizens, ESPECIALLY compared to modern capitalistic democracies. I think he loses a lot credibility here in the 21st century.
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