Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Human Events, Social Democracy, Scientific Socialism
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Marx thought it was scientifically true that for the rich to be rich, the poor had to be poor. Bentham believed nothing better was possible until the physiological nature of human beings, that is, what is pleasurable and painful, was changed; since this was not possible, political science was known as the dismal science . Marx claimed that the claim that the rich would get richer was not inevitable; he rejected the claims that commerce and inequalities were necessary. Marx critiqued the science of political economy with scientific socialism >>dueling sciences and dueling ideologies. Since both sides in the cold war claimed to be scientific, the battle was violent. Marx"s paradigmatic theory, which united philosophy, politics, morals, and economics in one. Marx"s theory is dynamic because it seeks to adjust the existing paradigm. Production is human life activity; it is interactive, transformative, and definitive of human nature.