During class we were given a better understanding of Capitalism. Capitalism is a system of production that produces the class struggle in the most violent form. We learned that under Capitalism the classes are reduced to only two; those are the bourgeoisie “owners of the means of production” and the proletariat “the workers”. We also learned that under Capitalism these two classes rest on a fundamental contradiction. Although both contribute to the means of production the bourgeoisie get the most while the proletariat get the least yet they are the ones that work the most.
I think that the system will never benefit everyone equally, because we all want to get more, but we all can not have the most. For an example, if your taking this class I'm assuming that you're working on your bachelor's degree. We are working on our bachelor's degree, because we do not want to settle for the wages of a person with a mere high school diploma. However, the person with a high school diploma could make a hit record or become a reality star and make ten times as much money as you would make with your bachelors, masters, or even doctoral degree. We would all like to believe that higher education means higher salary, but that's not always the case. The rich do not always necessarily work hard for their money, but it is the working poor or middle class who is working the hardest, but getting the least.
ReplyDeleteI feel like without the rich and without the poor, work wouldn't be done. The rich provide the opportunity for the lower class to work. It's like a cycle. One can't function without the other. So why shouldn't each be treated equally. Someone people would argue that if the lower class did't work, the rich would do the work themselves. In regards to that, I believe that the rich would have no choice but to work hard for their money. With that being said, there would be no lower class if the rich did everything. I believe everyone deserves an equal chance in America and everyone should the same opportunities.
ReplyDeleteI think the major issue isn't necessarily the fact that the inequality exists, but instead to the extremes in which they exist. I agree with Kierica that, realistically there will never be a system in which everyone is equal. The issue with Capitalism the mass contrast between the rich and the poor. There is no cap of for the rich, so in essence the rich just keep on getting richer. The poor does not necessarily get poorer, but has growth in numbers. We talked in class that there are 46 people that make up half of the American Economy. Meaning these people have billions upon billions, yet there are still people in America (I do not even want to think about this globally) that cannot sustain themselves financially.
ReplyDeleteIn today's society it would be impossible to take away the large separation that is between the lower and upper class. Though eventually it would happen, but the only ways that it might happen are between the dwindling amount of rich or the end of Capitalism in America. The rich have become very strong with power so much so that they can easily persuade and change the decisions of anyone through the power in which they have. America as a society will not change anytime soon, it will take years to progress to a better form of living. Lastly, the gap that is between the rich and the poor should not be so high to where an actor who did not go to college, gets payed millions or even billions of dollars, while a doctor who gave up eight years of his life to become a doctor gets only paid a few hundred thousand. It is not fair.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the comment above my owns that the gap between the poor and the rich is unfixable with capitalism being the system being used in the U.S. I don't think that the rich should be getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer, as many of those rich people have never work before and instead have inherited their fortune. With capitalism at hand it is probably going to take a revolution in order for something to change the way the goods and means of production are distributed.
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