SUMBLOG 2

I really like Karl Marx’s consequences of capitalism, because it still applies in today’s society.  Capitalism divides people of society into two groups: the working class and the rich (Social Organization).  We have the rich controlling the vast majority of the wealth and the working class works their butts off just to get by and feed their families.  So to create the illusion of equality the government taxes the rich more than the working class to keep order.  However taxing the rich a little more does not impact their luxurious lives in any way.  It was like this way back when the idea was introduce, and it’s still dividing us today.  Another idea that withstood the test of time is our fetishism of commodities.  Goods and services are the driving force of any capitalistic government.  Without it the idea of a free market wouldn't exist, and thus no one could turn in a profit or obtain certain goods.  However, let’s get back to the idea of our fetishism of commodities and how it applies in today’s society.  We are always wanting new and technology, even though the older ones we currently have works just as fine if not just the same as the newer ones.  Let us take the iPhone for an example.  It seems like every year a new model comes out, with “newer features”.  From my experience these new features are minor and somewhat unnecessary.  Despite this, consumers continue to pour money into the new devices.  There is this news article that was recently published by abcnews.com that talks about this, and can be found on this link (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/gold-iphone-5s-high-prices-ebay/story?id=20357575).  I think this is a prime example of our fetishism of commodities.  Last but not least is the alienation of the “species of being”.  I like this idea because it explains a lot about humanity and human potential.  I make an item from scratch; my friend sees that item and wants it.  I decided to help him make one, and now we both have that same item.  So in a way we are connected, and that is our human potential as a whole.  So again I really like Marx’s idea of capitalism.  It was ahead of his time, and we still talk about it today.