SOCI 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Making Money, The Surplus
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Tutorial 2: karl marx i: a belief system that justifies inequality: the dominant class. Material history: material history was a big deal at the time because it was the clash between heaven and earth. The forces of production are what actually goes into completing a task or job. For example making a desk there are materials used, tools and machinery, a factory to create the desk and workers. This example of forces coming together in cooperation to make the desk is an example of what the forces of production are: relations of production. This is where marx disagreed with adam smith. To the owners: the surplus is not equally being distributed fairly. Usually those who make the most money are the ones who don"t do the work. Class: your position in relation to the production of your class, working class: people who need to work to make money. Class is your position in the relation to production of your class.
