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    also was the root cause. The contradiction between the development of capitalism and the feudal autocracy rule. Second half of the 18th century, French capitalist economy has grown considerably. The textile industry, the metallurgical industry and the mining industry have developed most rapidly. Foreign trade has also developed rapidly. But the authoritarian rule of the Bourbon Dynasty seriously hindered the development of capitalism. The feudal government continued to raise taxes and feudal land ownership

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    The relationship between capitalism and democracy has been defined by many as fundamental complementary ideologies, and social scientists have discovered an undeniable link between the two structures with some suggesting that “where either capitalism or democracy flourishes, the other must soon follow” (Reich, 2007). Currently, the main form of modern democracy is polyarchal democracy which originated from the Greek word polyarkhe, meaning ‘many rule’. This infers that multiple people within a government

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    book commences by studying the core activities and relationship that make up capitalism (Stanford, 2015). Stanford than pursues to discuss how the capitalist economy functions as an overall system. He advances on other important players in modern capitalism such as the monetary and the financial system and concludes with ways in which capitalism could be reformed to more effectively meet human needs and protect the natural environment (Stanford, 2015). Despite the informative information Stanford presented

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    Europe, but especially in the first half of that era, capitalism was seen as immoral and inhumane. Capitalism, as discussed by Karl Marx in The Communist Manifesto, was the cause of many social ills in society and needed to be overthrown (Marx 221-222). In “This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen,” Tadeusz Borowski uses imagery and characters to compare and contrast the Nazi labor camp to capitalism. Although the ideology of capitalism is not as cruel as the Nazi labor camps, when put in practice

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    Mao’s take on capitalism The free enterprise system is otherwise called capitalism.” Capitalism is a system of economic organizations featured by the private ownership and the use for private profits of man-made and natural-made capital”. Capitalism is a system of production for profit under which instruments and materials of production are privately owned and the work is done mainly by hired labor whose subsistence security and personal freedom seem dependent on the will of the owners who control

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    but widely used in the present day (“The “How” and “Why” of Power: From Marx to Foucault to Power today”, 2017). Karl Marx, Max Weber and Michel Foucault examine the concepts of power and domination in different perspectives. Marx believed under capitalism the ruling class held the power to use it to exploit the working class. Weber believes power comes from the existence of bureaucratic instruments and bureaucracy itself. Where Foucault believes that power relations just exist in society with discursive

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    capitalist mode of production as an issue of central theoretical concern. I will be addressing many issues regarding capitalism from both theorists that will demonstrate the general theoretical orientation that each has towards the nature of capitalism and the roles of the capitalist class and the proletariat. This includes the moral character of the capitalist class, the tendency of capitalism towards crisis, the effects of the division of labour, and the permanence of the system in a historical context

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    A major weakness of Communism is the idealistic image of the proletarian. Marx sees him as a man oppressed by thousands of years of servitude, who in his natural state is a good and altruistic individual. But, as we discussed in class, humans tend to be self-interested and lazy, thus, if the previous two qualities are true, Marx is left without a stable foundation, because his system relies heavily on the

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    corrupts and creates the false understanding that inferiority, competition, and therefore oppression is “natural – effecting all social, political, and economic aspects of life. Klein and McFague emphasize capitalism’s influential role in maintaining oppression through its restrictive definition of progress. It only produces fast short term success, rather than long term stability. Capitalism is overall contradictive because it calls for endless progress, while simultaneously preventing the existence

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    Capitalism and the impacts on society: LITURATURE REVIEW DRAFT: Intro: One may argue that Capitalism is the dominant economic system In today’s society. It is a functional economic system that has granted great wealth, the acquisition of capital, the opportunity to develop better technology and aided in the alleviation of wide spread problems. However it is fair to acknowledge that with these benefits, consequences are also an externality. Capitalism is not intended to generate or enhance a societies

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