Monday, August 15, 2011
Has modern capitalism created a society devoid of solidarity that is facing a collective existential crisis?
The result of people being so isolated from the production process, and a society that has simplified daily living? As people no longer produce their own goods, one must trade their labour for money as a tool to purchase goods produced by other people. Businesses employ tactics of specialization to maximize profit, so you are further reduced beyond a specific industry to a part of the industry. Capitalism fosters inequality and feelings of inadequacy. Faced with increasingly more spare time, people contemplate their feelings of boredom and the reality of their situation. Businesses market goods to fulfill a void in our lives created by the lack of solidarity resulting in the inherent nature of the production process under capitalism, thus encouraging people to spend more and creating an addiction to consumption. With no real purpose to our lives, businesses continue to market goods to fill artificial needs
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