SOCB42H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Bourgeoisie, Alexis De Tocqueville, Barter
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What we need to move to next after capitalism. Our evolving human nature creates new needs for society. The land and tools necessary to produce commodities for sale. They will bring themselves to destruction because they work very hard to be the best bourgeoisie. Bust: lots of proletarians don"t have jobs and are having trouble finding work. Marx starts with human nature, smith"s vision about humans intrinsic ways of being in the world. The capacity to reason allows us to commit to the first propensity of being able to truck, barter and exchange. When we are not able to better our conditions-2 moments. They use the presence of money to symbolize wealth. So busy accumulating wealth they they are not able to innovate or invest in new industries. Thinks there is no point in resisting what we already have in place that is leading to democracy.
