Marx sees this system as a failure of mankind. This is a system that separates those who own, and those who do not. "The proletarian class feels destroyed in this alienation, seeing in it its own impotence and the reality of an inhuman existence. The possessing class feels satisfied and affirmed in this self-alienation, experiencing the alienation as a sign of its own power (p.133)." What Marx is trying to say, (I can sure tell that English was not his first language) is that "most will work for few." There will be a class of ultra-rich and a very large majority of ultra-poor. When you look back through our last 150 years of history, it is not too hard to see that without some kind of government intervention, Marx's predictions would not be too far off of the target. In fact, I would argue that without government intervention, Marx's ideas were cor

Perhaps Marx's greatest accomplishment is a society with no need for most facets of government. "Political life declares itself to be only the means, whose end is the life of a civil society (p. 44)." Capitalists need government in order to hold capitalism together. Socialists, on the other hand, have evolved enough and created a true society that is based on man's ability to live in harmony with little need for a regulatory government.

In studying Marx, I have found myself breaking more and more from my traditional capitalistic, Republican views. I still believe that one should be rewarded by a system of merits. Now I find myself asking, "is this more democratic or republican?" Maybe I am just becoming more comfortable in my role as a poor college student, but I find myself becoming less worried about materialistic possessions. I find myself more concerned with the well being of others. I find myself more concerned with having enough to survive, rather than having as much as I can possibly acquire. Just like Marx, maybe my thoughts have started to evolve.

I believe that Marx's ideas are true in an absolute capitalist society. Lucky for us, we do not live in an absolute capitalist society. If we did, we would all be working for Wal-Mart. We would not have the choices that we have today. Retail would be controlled by a handful of businesses. We as consumers would be dependent on the businesses to hand our culture down to us piece by piece. One could argue that this is the way that we live now. But with the government stepping in, it helps smaller businesses to stay in competition. This helps preserve our variety of choices.

In Marx's beautiful system we have the ultimate freedom. We are not bound to live up to the guidelines that society places us in. We do not have to own the biggest house on the block. We do not h

Some common words found in the essay are:
Property Bentham, Instead Darwin's, , American Americans, Karl Marx, John Kennedy, beautiful system, marx's beautiful, marx's beautiful system, private property, absolute capitalist society, government intervention marx's, survival fittest, capitalists believe, 84 marx, marx's ideas, allows freedom, freedom equality, marx system,
Approximate Word count = 1254
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)