POLS 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: The Communist Manifesto, Political Spectrum, Opiate
15 May 2018
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Thursday, September 28, 2017
Lecture 5
Radical Ideas!
-The Left-Right Political Spectrum!
-(Nothing wrong with radical views, though they have a negative connotation that they
give off)!
-Collectivism
-When the public good is served by common (as opposed to individual) ownership!
-Opposed to Capitalism and Private wealth, these things are seen as in the way to
enriching the community as a whole.!
-Radical Ideas
1. Marxism!
-Karl Max (1818-1883)!
-German Philosopher , economics, multitasker!
-Commentary on England!
-Das Capital, 1867!
-Communist Manifesto !
-“Workers of the world unite”!
-“religion is the opiate of the masses!
Marx’s critique of capitalism
-1 Surplus value!
The excess of value produced by the labour of workers over the wages they are paid!
(No surplus value in which the producer is paid)!
-2 Law of disproportionality!
-Capitalism is subject to overproduction/underconsumption!
-Workers don’t make enough money to buy the products they create!
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Document Summary
(nothing wrong with radical views, though they have a negative connotation that they give o ) When the public good is served by common (as opposed to individual) ownership. Opposed to capitalism and private wealth, these things are seen as in the way to enriching the community as a whole. The excess of value produced by the labour of workers over the wages they are paid (no surplus value in which the producer is paid) Workers don"t make enough money to buy the products they create. From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs (marx: leninism. A party is the vanguard of a class, and its duty is to lead the masses and not merely to re ect the average political level of the masses . Revolution and dictatorship of the proletariat: stalinism. Brutal dictator of soviet union (mid 1920"s to 1953) It is enough that the people know there was an election.
