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    documentary Capitalism a Love Story examples what capitalism is and how it hurt so many citizens. Capitalism is a way of organizing an economy so that the things that are used to make and transport products are owned by individual people and companies rather than by the government. The documentary teaches viewers the impact that big corporations have on americans. At the beginning of the film Moore is showing middle class people get there houses taken from them because of capitalism. Henslin

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    societies. Current racial stereotypes, such as equating blackness with criminality and lacking intelligence, originated in the Enlightenment period in Europe. According to Peter Wade, prior to the Enlightenment period, race has always been seen as a natural-cultural assemblage in which ‘nature’ and ‘culture’ always shape each other (94). Enlightenment philosophers established whites as the superior race, relying

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    Capitalism Vs Capitalism

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    Capitalism is at the forefront of the global economy, and some of the wealthiest countries in the world take part in that system. Many think capitalisms afford those in society an opportunity to earn a good life because those who can provide substantial service to society in whatever capacity will be rewarded based on merit. Proponents of capitalism think it gives equal opportunity to make something of oneself no matter people differences because all will be on an equal playing field when it comes

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    I have observed that when Americans discuss the relative merits of socialism vs. capitalism, the chief debates that come up are • What would happen if we remove the stimulus for innovation and productivity that a free market generates? This implies having a free market including individual ownership and control, and to varying degrees a laissez-faire government. • Would it be possible to have a thriving society in which we would not have 20% of the population living in poverty and without adequate

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    In studying the effects of capitalism, it is important to look at both Karl Marx’s The Marx-Engels Reader and Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. Marx, a German economist, historian and philosopher, wrote about economic struggles in the sense that those with the most take advantage of those with the least. Adam Smith, a Scottish economist and philosopher, wrote about individual freedom and limited government. The communist opinions of Marx have long been criticized by many philosophers, especially Smith

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    of communist or socialism which was almost establish successfully in Russia. They provided a complex and philosophical analysis of capitalist societies which is still influencing major changes in the societies. Marx opposed to the principles of capitalism and considers that it was an economic system control by labours who exchanged their land labour for money. Also Engels and Marx argued about the exploitation of working class and the interests of the capitalists that affect proletarian. The alienation

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    Marx View on Capitalism

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    are bound to become estranged from themselves and each other under the conditions of capitalist industrial production (Hooker). This Theory of Alienation is often considered the philosophical underpinning for his later more technical critique of capitalism as an economic system (Bramann). Marx developed his theory of alienation to reveal the human

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    Those in defence of capitalism say that it forces producers to develop new or improved products and to develop ways of working more efficiently. On the other hand, those against capitalism state that it causes economic inequality, exploitation of the working class and causes overall social disruption. The rise of capitalism was a driving force in the development of communism. The disparity of wealth, overcrowding of urban

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    participate in economic relations with each other. This observation can then be mistakenly attributed to the fact that the nations are capitalist, but in this case correlation does not equal causation. The capitalist peace theory, which attempts to signal capitalism as the cause of observed peace, does not serve as a method of explaining this phenomenon because capitalist nations tend to also be powerful nations. Using a realist interpretation, powerful nations have no interest in entering war, and their interests

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    In Max Weber’s book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, examines the relationship between the ethics of ascetic Protestantism and the emergence of the spirit of modern capitalism. Weber discusses that the religious ideas of groups such as the Calvinists played a role in creating the capitalistic spirit. In Chapter two, Weber targets the concept of capitalism, which tends to assume or argue that its existence is inevitable, that it is fundamental to human nature, or reflects an important

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