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capitalism: a ghost story | capitalism: a ghost story | ||
== General Thesis == | == General Thesis == | ||
Capitalism is | '''Capitalism''' is the economic system based on: | ||
a) Free-market ideology, when private sectors controlled the market not the state. | |||
b) Exploitation of labor, it requires a massive amount of laborers to be exploitated for their labor. A perfect capitalist world is a "take not give" world. | |||
c) Constant circulation of commodities, when items of utility can be traded which strengthens the system. | |||
A '''commodity''', is any item that can be of utility to humans. | |||
==== Exploitation of People (Marx’s Theory of Alienation) ==== | ==== Exploitation of People (Marx’s Theory of Alienation) ==== | ||
The problem with capitalism is that a small group of people own a large portion of the means of production, allowing them to monopolize earnings and subject the majority to unfair conditions. This small group is known as the ''bourgeoisie'' while the other group is known as the ''proletariats''. | The problem with capitalism is that a small group of people own a large portion of the means of production, allowing them to monopolize earnings and subject the majority to unfair conditions. This small group is known as the ''bourgeoisie'' while the other group is known as the ''proletariats''. | ||
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Generally, this alienation is when a human becomes separated from themselves: they give up their passions, desires, identity, labor, and will to live to work harder. | Generally, this alienation is when a human becomes separated from themselves: they give up their passions, desires, identity, labor, and will to live to work harder. | ||
==== Exploitation of Resources ==== | ==== Exploitation of Resources ==== | ||
While profit and money increases, all this money comes from the human labor of the proletariats. Capitalism requires growth to sustain the market, but this growth comes from individuals and causes a resource scarcity problem. While society constantly expands under capitalism, there are not enough resources to fuel itself. This is when capitalism becomes exploitation: once we use up our resources irresponsibly, we’re totally screwed. | While profit and money increases, all this money comes from the human labor of the proletariats. Capitalism requires growth to sustain the market, but this growth comes from individuals and causes a resource scarcity problem. While society constantly expands under capitalism, there are not enough resources to fuel itself. This is when capitalism becomes exploitation: once we use up our resources irresponsibly, we’re totally screwed. This is a concept called the metabolic rift. Marx suggests that our massive use of natural resources would accumulate immense pressure on the environment. Overtime, it would lead to the end. | ||
This is usually what justifies the debate-typical extinction scenarios: capitalism requires too many resources and is unsustainable, causing global warming as people search for more resources, which ends the planet and kills everyone. Other justifications for extinction include disease proliferation and war. When people run out of resources, they push into natural habitats and expose themselves to new diseases that they don’t have immunity to, causing everyone to die. Similarly, the lack of resources can cause resource wars that go nuclear. | This is usually what justifies the debate-typical extinction scenarios: capitalism requires too many resources and is unsustainable, causing global warming as people search for more resources, which ends the planet and kills everyone. Other justifications for extinction include disease proliferation and war. When people run out of resources, they push into natural habitats and expose themselves to new diseases that they don’t have immunity to, causing everyone to die. Similarly, the lack of resources can cause resource wars that go nuclear. | ||