To paraphrase an East Indian guru or gurus... "the human mind or intellect (ego) is the instrument that created the problem on that basis it cannot be relied on to solve the problem"... "the mind or intellect is like a sharp knife, always dissecting, cut, divide, cut, divide, cut, divide, it can never cut down to a small enough size to understand the mystery of nature let alone the cosmos" "we are less important than a speck of dust in the cosmic scheme of things yet the cosmos isn't complete without us" Bottom line is look within, raise your flipping consciousness by pulling your egoic ID out of your ass (thinking calculating cunning mind trapped in the lower chakra survival mode)... we are better than that, only apes, snakes, lions, tigers, bears, etc. are trapped in survival mode, they have only 1 problem, once their belly is full they have no problems... humans too have only 1 problem but once the belly is full they create 100 more....
Professor Wolff takes a deeper look at the life and work of Karl Marx in celebration of the 200th anniversary of his birth. (part I of 4)
All Marxist inspired revolutions have resulted in the replacement of one elite class with a different one. States such as China and Soviet Russia exchanged totalitarian monarchies who derived their right to rule by divine mandate with totalitarian communist parties who claim to derive their right to this authority from "the will of the People", as determined by them. Feudal aristocrats were kings and nobles, communist aristocrats were those who ranked high in the Party. Capitalism is the furthest thing from undemocratic. The freedom to spend your own money and resources as you see fit, in a free market is the most potent form of democracy ever implemented. Marx criticized the idea of social class without really understanding why such classes form in the first place. It's not that all hierarchies are oppressive or immoral, hierarchies not based on merit are.
I agree with you to a point, but meritocracy? lol Even in the land of the free and the home of the brave you get dynasties... look @ the bushes...
Maybe. I could agree but for the unbridled corporate welfare that has run increasingly rampant since maybe Eisenhower who warned of the "military industrial complex" Yes we live in a republic that is supposed to be a "democratic" one but "special interests" control who can pay for ads during the long drawn out campaigns (that could be much shorter imo). If a candidate doesn't side with certain sectors such as Big Oil, Big Pharma, Military Contractors, NRA, Corporate Farming (beef industry), Big Tobacco, etc... they will support one who will while funding mud slinging ads against said candidate that refused to endorse their agenda. I'm not so much against capitalism but not at the expense of workers not earning a "living wage". Speaking of Big Oil... even with all the illegal wars in recent years partly to secure more of the oil in the Middle East, the price of oil and GASOLINE... Crude oil hit the highest price today since 2014... This doesn't speak well for Big Oil especially since the current "administration" is full of fans of the oil industry... Scott Pruitt comes to mind, the wolf in the hen house head of the EPA... Pruitt is supposedly so cozy with lobbyists they help him plan trips... "The embattled EPA chief is said to have told aides to “find official reasons” to justify overseas trips."
I agree with many of these grievances, but none of them are a problem with the capitalist economic system. Most stem from the state being too large and powerful. Corporate welfare, if by which you mean bailouts, is the opposite of a free market. The idea of Too Big to Fail disgusts me, Lobbying? Restrain government from interfering in the economy and it doesn't matter how corrupt your officials are (although the US government is not nearly as corrupt as some people seem to think).
Makes me think of calvin and Hobbes Calvin tells the bully "Your simian countenance suggests a heritage unusually rich in species diversity"
A case for more workers co-ops employees evaluating supervisors, limits on the amount the highest paid workers make vs average... something like 8 or 10 times vs over 300 times in corporations for example... He gives examples of co-ops that are successful today.
Another win for corporate capitalism as they can pull more underhanded (but legal thanks to SCOTUS)... The Supreme Court’s Arbitration Ruling Is Already Screwing Thousands Of Chipotle Workers The burrito chain has asked a court to exclude 2,814 workers from a massive wage theft lawsuit because they signed mandatory arbitration agreements The Supreme Court issued a monumental decision on Monday, ruling that employers can require their workers to sign arbitration agreements giving up their right to sue in court as a group. The decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis will make it harder for workers to band together as victims of wage theft and discrimination, and its effects will be felt in the workplace for years to come. But for a few thousand current and former Chipotle workers, its effects may be felt immediately. Their case is a perfect example of how the Supreme Court’s ruling will benefit powerful companies at the expense of their employees, many of them working for low wages in industries like fast food. Roughly 10,000 people who have worked for the burrito chain joined a 2014 lawsuit alleging the company systemically forced them to work “off the clock.” They claim that Chipotle gives its restaurants so little payroll that managers require employees to clock out and continue working or perform work before they clock in. They’re suing to recoup the money they claim Chipotle owes them for the uncompensated work. But Chipotle has been arguing that 2,814 workers in that group do not have a valid claim because they signed class- and collective-action waivers when they accepted their jobs. Late last year, the company provided the court with a 62-page list of workers in the lawsuit who had supposedly signed away their rights and asked the judge to exclude them from the proceedings. The Supreme Court's Arbitration Ruling Is Already Screwing Thousands Of Chipotle Workers