Was Marx right about work?

Question

If so, where would you like to see yourself in that idealized world? Is there a better alternative to our westernized work model? Yeah, in other words, I hate my job, too.

If so, where would you like to see yourself in that idealized world? Is there a better alternative to our westernized work model? Yeah, in other words, I hate my job, too. Marx said that your role in work is defined by the owners of the means of production. He said that the natural consequence would be the overthrow of the rich and that capitalism turns into communism.

Marx said that your role in work is defined by the owners of the means of production. He said that the natural consequence would be the overthrow of the rich and that capitalism turns into communism.

Answer 1

havent read any marx but left my last job in 98. and havent looked back im just lucky i have a family. and thers all ways a better way.

Answer 2

There might be a better way than the western work model, but it definitely is not what Marx proposed: from each accoding to his ability, to each according to his need.

Marx had a good idea that ideally everything should be owned by workers and people would work to satisfy their needs. In this idealized world, workers would not be exploited.

Marx's ideas were very convincing and the 20th century's political system was fashioned in large part on Marx's theories. But his ideas did not work in practice for the main reason that workers did not want to work for growth and generation of new ideas unless there was an incentive to earn more or do better than people around them.

Marx did not appreciate the risk the capitalist takes when he invests his money. It is true that the fruit of labor mainly goes to the capitalist, but the worker also benefits because the products of productions improve and the general growth in the economy presents better opportunities.

It is true that a totally free Caiptalist system does not work and that is why we have things like FDA, Security and Exchange Commission and various anti-monopolistic laws, but the world has not found a better system than Caiptalism till now.

Answer 3

I think Marx was right in that most business owners will not look out for the good of their employees unless made to by either the government or if the government fails to act in the best intrests of the working class then it is the right of the working class to demand and if necessary force change. I do not think communism as we have seen in Russia, China and other countries can totally work but neither can pure capitalism as we have in the U.S. I think a good example is Canada where the government has intervened to control the cost of prescription drugs and health services to benifit the working class while at the same time provides a good wholesale price to drug companies to allow them a decent profit. I live in the U.S. but I wouldn't mind moving to Canada if I had the chance.

Answer 4

Marx looks good on paper, but doesn't work in reality for one simple reason, "People want stuff." People are given incentive to work harder in order to get the stuff that they want and need to survive. Under the principles of Marxism, after the overthrow of the owners of the means of production by the proletariate, the proletariate will continue to work for the betterment of the whole of their society. The reality is that people don't care about the whole of society and they're not going to work harder if there is no reward for doing so.

So, to make a long story short, not many people really like to work, but if you want stuff, you have to work , and the more you work, the more stuff you can have.

Answer 5

Marx was right. Dissatisfaction at work in linked to the fact that the point of production (the worker and his/her actual day to day job) is disconected from any sense of ownership. Therefore, the actual net profit is far removed from the worker's needs and aspirations.
His idea (collective ownership of assets) is workable provided one of his main statements is fully observed: "wealth and general well being are possible there where the two main sources of wealth are duly preserved: human being and nature." Both real socialism and capitalism walk away from this foundational premise, and both aim at building prosperity at the expenses of human dignity and the environment.

Answer 6

This is one confused question.
Please tell me what exactly Marx said and then I'll be able to tell you whether I think he was right or wrong.

Answer 7

Maybe Rebel is on to something. I don't know but he seems pretty clever to me.