Despite the fact that he came from a relatively wealthy family, Marx symbolized a voice for the common man. In a time when the ruling class could be cited as a direct cause for oppression of the working class, Marx filled the shoes of a messiah. He informed his compatriots of a holy place where equality was the higher law and the downtrodden were transformed into the saved. Marx preached that the promise land could only become a reality if t

Obviously, Marx's society calls for a strong, involved government. Even if the society was broken up into smaller communities, a physical board of some kind would be necessary to regulate production and allocation Marx did not however present a specific outline of his government's structure. Marx also does not specify a means of exercising control on government because he sustained that man is essentially good and is inclined to look out for his fellow man. Because Marx's statement about the inclinations of mankind is central to his theory concerning Marxism, Marx should provide proof of his statement or how he arrived at this deduction. Since Marx claimed to derive his theories in a scientific manner, this request should not be hard to fulfill. I wonder if Marx believed a "be nice to everyone" gene would be discovered later and proceeded with the assumption. If this were the case, how far would society have progressed if all of our reasoning relied on future discoveries? Science then would resemble more of a form of entertainment (people at making random suggestions requiring no methodological skill whatsoever- except for an imagination) than as a means of intellectual advancement.

Marx postulates that our consciousness is determined by causes of which we are unaware, and that these causes are social and economic in nature. In modern times when we speak of phenomena occurring in our nature in the scientific meaning of the word, we usually are forced to refer to our genes. Therefore, I suppose Marx would have us believe that we are genetically engineered to base all our decisions and to respond to all external stimuli under the watchful eye of money and economics. If this was true, I think there should be evidence during all stages of our lives, when we are infants, adolescents, and aged, that displays our constant heedfulness of economics. Of course, if Marx went on to interpret an infant sucking its thumb as an individual wanting to gain more private property, I would probably consider his theory in the same way I consider many of Freud's preposterous notions. Although I am poking a little fun at this aspect of Marx's theory, I honestly do believe there should be supplemental substantiation of Marx's conviction that we are not guided by any emotions or other external factors, but solely by monetary affairs.

Marx also stated that capitalism was the intermediary between a feudal type system and communism. I believe logic sides with the opposite conclusion. Communism (where people own everything) is the antithesis of feudalism (where people own nothing). I think that communism is the predecessor of capitalism in those countries that have a feudal history. History is like a pendulum, which swings periodically from one end to another. The histories of feudal societies are premier examples of my analogy. After suffering from owning nothing and having an extremely hierarchical society, a revolution (i.e. communism) occurs in order to reach the other extreme, where the common man owns everything and society exists in a strictly egalitarian state. Later, however, through the trial of communism, citizens and officials learn first-hand through natural laws the medium between the two systems: capitalism. By natural laws, I mean the laws of economics in general, centering on the role of labor, capital, resources, government, the allocation of goods and products, etc.

Marx sustained that the existence of private property was the cause for human suffering and therefore the abolition of private property would result in the eradication of alienation. I do not understand how the ownership of property or lack thereof is the sole cause for anxiety. I think that personal relationships, such as friendships and family relationships, and other external factors (that deal with people) play a bigger role in our emotions than a tangible object we have come to call property. Marx failed to realize that economics is only factor

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