The True Colors Of Capitalism

Prior to the Great Depression, Chile had prospered amidst the workings of free-market and mercantilist polices. The Great Depression, however, disrupted this, as it brought about the necessity of government intervention in the economy. Indeed, government intervention even stretched so far as to transform Chile into a nation insulated by protectionist policies. Furthermore, the Great Depression had undoubtedly brought about a political crisis in Chile with the ousting of Ibáñez del Campo in 1931, who himself had partaken in a military coup d’état to achieve presidency in the first place. It has even been posited that the nationalization of copper that had begun during the presidency of Ibáñez del Campo and which was completed during the presidency of Salvador Allende in the early 1970s built the foundation for a future international economic boycott, which further

Revolutions hit Latin America, and the fight for independence would change history forever. In the early 1800’s the lower class known as Mulattos, Mestizos and mid-class creoles were in a battle for a new form of government, against the abundant and powerful peninsulares. Rebellions in Latin America were fueled by the unjust distribution of food, wealth, and power.

Simon Bolivar, who had a reputation of being a liberator, took center stage. The common folk began to trust his words, as he talked about fighting for the resources that were theirs, ideals taken directly from the American Revolution itself. Also with the power struggle created by the Napoleonic wars, uprisings began. The most prominent of this movement was the uprising in Chuquisaca in 1809, which led to the formation of the Government Juntas. This group focused on taking the power from the Spanish and giving it to the people. Seeing the movement in Bolivia take shape, Latin Nations such as Peru began to provide military support to Bolivian liberators. Surprisingly, America didn’t live up to its reputation, having no negative impact on this revolution. Normally, America had been notorious for backing up the dictators or colonial powers and suppressing the Latin liberators. All in all, the combination of a power struggle brought upon by foreign wars, introduction of revolutionary independence ideals, proper leadership, and foreign aid, the Bolivian revolution was successful in liberating the nation from Spanish Colonial power after 16 years of conflict.

The Jungle was written by Upton Sinclair to portray the hardships and obstacles the characters had to go through living as immigrants in the United States. The main theme and focus throughout the book were on capitalism. He made great efforts to demonstrate the negative impacts on capitalism by creating the illusion of what is the American Dream in opposition to the reality of wage slavery. He demonstrates the exploitation of the lower class workers by the people at the top of the chain who hold great power and money for their own personal gains. In The Jungle, a family of immigrants moves from Lithuania to Chicago in high hopes for a better life. However, they soon come to realize that their search for wealth and fortune will soon put them through misfortune.

Colonized people across the globe were the ones responsible for their own destiny as they pushed for their independence from controlling empires. In the 1850’s to the 1900’s, there were many powerful countries, particularly in Europe, Asia and Africa that ruled through their colonial empires. This control was important as mother countries benefitted from their colony’s raw materials and labor. It didn’t take long for populations in these colonies to feel used as they started to realize that they had no control in the land where they lived. Groups started to develope, lead by the elite and upper class, looking for change.

It's hard to review a book of such immense scope, ambition and craft. Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is arguably one of the best American books of the 20th century (not so difficult a distinction to achieve, it would seem, considering the dearth of quality fiction in the latter half of said century), it's also, sadly, one of the most forgotten.

Upton Sinclair wrote the book The Jungle where he discussed life as an immigrant. He tells of how immigrants envisioned the American dream and told of their attempts of achieving the dream that they were told of. In The Jungle, Sinclair shows the American Dream as freedom, respect, and equality. He shows how immigrants heard of America and they saw it as everything they ever wanted in life. However, when immigrants came to America realty hit and they realized that the American dream is all a fraud. Sinclair includes many themes in his book The Jungle two of which are capitalism and the disgusts of the meat packing industry.

Revolts and revolutions formed in throughout Latin America. In the lecture “Patterns of Colonial Revolts” Professor Villa-Flores stated, “(Colonization) No way to control them because of the crown not having resources to stop the violence. No professional army.” Violence broke out throughout Spanish America due to oppression based on race but also economic inequalities. While Brazil shared similar issues politically formed an empire while Spanish America completely changed their political system. Countries like Venezuela had one main leader Simon Bolivar who lead independence in multiple countries. Cudillismo became the dominate way of Spanish American nations to become independent. Cudillismo called for strong leaders rise up both militarily but also politically. In the film shown on November 29 presented how Cudillismo took hold in multiple counties like in Argentina José de San Martín and in Mexico Benito Juárez which brought radical change in their nations. In Spanish America many battles were fought for complete independence of the nations. Brazil on the other hand had little violence compared to Spanish America and remained with the shift power due to European struggles leading to independence to happen

Capitalism and Communism are both economic systems, adopted by different regions, which has played a major role in how society has been shaped in the 20th century. Capitalism, is simply an economic system where things like property and/or businesses are owned and controlled by individuals instead of the government. The United States was one of the first majorly developed regions to adopt this philosophy and it has had a huge impact on the global economy by allowing free market competition and by promoting the culture of work. Communism, is an economic system in which things like businesses and property are own and controlled by the government. Communism was adopted by the Soviet Union and played a critical role in global politics and social classes.

To close, in addition to granting the fundamental rights to citizens and facilitating change and progress, a constitutional democratic republic also allows for more economic innovation and motivation. As previously mentioned capitalism influences nations in a constructive manner that encourages hard work and individuality. Capitalism is the economic center of a constitutional democratic republic. Its progressive power and economic potential can be seen through China’s economic boost in the late ‘90s to the present day as they began to adopt a capitalist mindset (Coase). Capitalism also embodies the concern for an apathetic citizen population, specifically in the workforce. This issue is the driving concern for socialism in the United States

Just as a virus overrides the bloodstream, greed is a universal idea that infiltrates the mind, and is all-consuming of one’s thoughts and impulses. Greed for power is an age-old concept that spans from the earliest primitive leaders, through Ancient Emperors, to Presidents in the modern age. Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, is a futuristic, dystopian novel that explores the ideas of manipulated intelligence, and what the world might be like if social standing was determined in a laboratory. As early as the fetal stage, children in the novel withstand injections of certain levels of oxygen into their brains, which determines their intelligence, and therefore their caste. Heart of Darkness, written by Joseph Conrad, follows the journey

Karl Marx and Max Webber both many had many philosophies of the capitalism and its effects on society. Their ideas helped pave the way and expand on theories of previous sociologists. Both men have a deep insight of socioeconomic class in the origins and development of modern capitalism. This paper will analyze the impact of capitalism on society as perceived by both men and the areas in which they agreed, disagreed, and expanded on the ideas of the other.

The working class, they are the people who push forward, but never get ahead, while the rich gain more and more. Or at least that is the way Eugene Debs made it seem in the primary source. In the beginning of the text Debs speaks of the corruptness of capitalism, which leads into how the Democratic and Republican parties are all basically the same, capitalist. Socialism may not appear to be the right decision at first, however, when you consider the point Eugene Debs make in this passage, it makes perfect sense. If you really think about it there really is no difference between the Democrats and Republics, all they want is to gain power. Debs makes it eminently clear with this statement. “As a rule, large capitalists are Republicans and small

Inequality in the society has been an issue since the history of the universe and as we think we are bridging the gap between the rich and the poor we always find out that it is as a wide as it was. The poor will always exist in the society as the inferior group while the rich are the superiors who control various aspects and sectors of the society.

The decline of the environment due to natural and human exertion is known as the degradation of the environment. The natural weather occurrences such as heavy rain, flooding, storms, earthquakes, volcanoes etc. are not administered under human control. These meteorological phenomenon’s wreak devastation on the environment from time to time causing the land to become unsuitable to cultivate. On this subject matter, the human population does not contain the power to stop the wrath of Mother Nature. Rather, we are forced to sit back and watch. Nevertheless, humans engage in a crucial role towards the degradation of the environment in which we live in. Unavoidably, the degradation of the environment is a rising and utmost worldwide subject. I accept that the root cause to environmental degradation is the excessive use of resources on our land utilized by the processes under capitalism. As Jensen wrote in Endgame, “The global industrial economy is the engine for massive environmental degradation and massive human and (nonhuman) impoverishment.