Analysis Of Das Kapital

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Das Kapital

Political philosophy is one of the most important topics in the world. Many people assume that political philosophy is boring and unrelatable when in reality every society is operated off of different political philosophies. The very everyday life that anyone lives is deeply intertwined with political philosophy, whether it be why the streets are kept in good shape or why one is not allowed to stay out past a certain time as a minor. All of these decision are created from discussions of political philosophy and both why and which values matter when creating law. Political philosophy is quintessential to the way the we conduct and behave ourselves in the modern world. There are core frameworks inside political philosophy that are …show more content…

A few sections will be focused on to delve into Marx’s thoughts. Topic one is commodities. Marx defines a commodity as, “an object outside us, a thing that by its properties satisfies human wants of some sort or another” (13.) Marx delves in and discusses commodities and talks about how the problem with commodities is that the monetary worth of these objects is subject to change based on the populations wants or needs. These items are prone to abuse by capitalists because they may or may not require resources or labor that sufficiently correlates to the price. The item could be dirt cheap but sold at a value that is completely outrageous in comparison to the means of productions. Commodities are a problem but they do exist in …show more content…

He analyzed and dissected it through his own views. Marx assumes that capitalism is a flawed system and that there is a clear solution. He’s right on one account but wrong on another. Capitalism is a flawed system and is very prone to exploitation but a clear solution is not available. It is easy to complain about how exploited people are and how underwhelming certain aspects of our western societies are, but one needs to ask themselves whether or not giving up luxuries and convenience would be worth the individual freedoms provided from a solution like

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