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This 5 page paper evaluates a statement attributed to Marx that lumps utilitarianism, freedom, property and equality together. The statement is analyzed and Marx's ideas on capitalism are evaluated. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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freedom, equality, property and Bentham. It is an odd remark--not unlike those IQ tests that asks one to point to the obvious "thinking" that does not belong--but does have meaning.
Bentham is the odd concept, but it is not a concept; rather, the "concept" refers to a person. What does it mean and is it an accurate statement in
respect to Marxs evaluation of capitalism? In the statement, Marx likely meant that capitalism is ruled by principles of freedom of equality, a position that one would not usually
equate with Karl Marx. Marx held that capitalism at least ideologically would imprison people because it alienated them. In order to understand this idea one needs to delve into Marxs
ideas about capitalism and see them as quite the opposite of freedom and equality. The Communist Manifesto , a document published in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, should
help to explain the concept. It said, among other things, that all history could be explained in terms of class struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat or the ruling
classes and the working poor. Capitalism was seen as the culprit. A struggle between the owners and the workers, of factories and other businesses, had been taking place which would
eventually result in the workers favor. Transfer of ownership of these businesses would go from private to public hands which would be the beginning of communism. The Communist Manifesto
was a statement on how capitalist society existed at the time and a prediction of the future. It suggested that the elimination of classes and class struggles would occur
and create a freer society. This concept is really the antithesis of the statement that suggests capitalism is equated with freedom and equality. At the same time, the other two
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