When the government is involved, a nation can reach its full potential, but without government control, societies are destined for corruption. Without having rules and regulations that the government sets, a capitalist society would quickly become overrun with greed, which would eventually lead to destruction. This has been demonstrated by the stock market crash. In the 1920’s, American capitalists had complete freedom and no regulations to follow. The strength of the economy encouraged Americans to take out more loans and buy more stocks, making them susceptible to future changes in the economy.
Adam Smith lived through a mercantile system, which he highly opposed therefore the idea of a free market system seemed to be the best solution in a time period before the industrial revolution. Unlike Smith, Marx had personal accounts of the industrial revolution, therefore he would have “anticipated the high- technology, global interests of modern institutions, dangers of consuming non- renewable natural resources and the issue of post industrial unemployment.” Both tried to create a system where everyone could be happy but their views on capitalism as the better political system conflicted. Karl Marx’s and Adam Smith’s views on capitalism differed in terms of the division of labour, competition and the class structure in society. “The trade of the pin- maker: a workman not educated to this business (which the division of labour has rendered a distinct trade), nor acquainted with the use of the machinery employed in it (to the
Writing from hindsight, Priestly implies that if the old fashioned views are carried on, events similar to World War 2 will repeat themselves. The characters used in this play clearly show the opinions on socialism at that time. As Mr Birling is a successful and wealthy business man, he is reluctant to
For Lenin, the party was to be a group prepared to seize power as soon as possible yet on the other hand, for Martov, the main purpose of the party was to spread propaganda and raise the level of consciousness of the proletariat. This was because he did not believe that Russia was ready for a Marxist revolution for many years. Lenin believed that is the Mensheviks had their way, it would take years to start the revolution; they would just waste time on useless discussion and argument. Martov, replied that the revolution would fail if it did not have the support of the whole working class. The social democratic party remained spilt on the issue.
It wasn’t until shortly after his death that Karl Marx’s ideology began to significantly influence socialist movements. Although relatively unknown during his lifetime he has become one of the fundamental economic and sociological figures of the modern era. Many of his theories and insights into the way society functions are still relevant in the expanding capitalist society that exists today. Marx was very critical of capitalism and the division in society between the bourgeoisie and proletariat classes, attempting to highlight the injustice and exploitation of the working class by the wealthy upper and middle class. Marx predicted that capitalism within a socioeconomic system would inevitably create internal tensions between social classes leading to its demise and replacement by a new system, communism.
Outline and evaluate one sociological perspective. Marxism is a key sociological perspective and is referred to as one of Sociology's grand theories. It is a structural theory and is the most influential and widely known version of conflict theory, focusing on the conflicts of social groups within society. Many critics of Marxism focus on the fact that some of Marx's more startling predictions have not yet come true, thus, people are quick to judge his sociological perspective and write it off altogether, I hope to address this and conclude that, in fact, Marxism is still an adaptable and highly influential sociological theory. Karl Marx, born 1818, was alive during a time which saw the biggest period of change in Britain in modern times, a time of Industrialisation.
Mr Birlings views also contrast with that of the Inspector – who Priestly, most probably, gave his own views, as Priestly's own views definitely leaned more towards that of a socialist, which is shown in the fact that he makes Mr Birling (a Capitalist) selfish and arrogant, whereas he makes Sheila and Eric seem regretful and more likeable than Mr Birling. We can definitely concur that Mr Birling is a capitalist by the evidence that in act one he lectures Eric and Gerald on how to be successful in business, and Capitalism means to look after oneself and one's way of life – which being successful involves. His Capitalism is reinforced by the fact that he calls himself a “Hard-headed business man” and repetitively stated that Capitalism would overcome Socialism. Priestly also makes many contrasts about the differences in the Class of the Birling's and that of Eva. The Birlings believe that because they are a higher class than Eva, that they are entitled to
The basic way to describe socialism is a lighter form of communism. I don't agree with the authors ideas on government because it is know about eighty years after the story was written and we have gotten along just fine while other countries have relied on communism and collapsed. Sinclair’s purpose in writing The Jungle was to persuade people to join the socialist party and to adopt the view that socialism is the only way to conquer the capitalistic empires that abuse the working class. The socialist ethic is that the general public will have joint ownership of the factory. Sinclair uses many clever devices in order to get his readers to agree with this ethic.
Although capitalist societies are often favored over other economic systems such as systems of the Weyewa and Gabra, these systems work well in there societies and show that wealth is more than just money or possessions. These societies calculate wealth in response to social ties. If one is rich , they are able to call on a lot of other people and know those people will respond. Here a economy of people are favored over an economy of possessions. Living in a society (the United States) where the opposite happens puts your mind in very different type of perspective.
The audience realize what Birling doesn’t - things are changing. Old Birling thinks his capitalist kind will rule society forever, he speaks of ’The Titanic -unsinkable’ and also says there won’t be a war, A few German officers talking nonsense. This is prophetic irony as the audience see a character wrongly predicting the future. The structure of the play is like a classical drama with time, place and action all taking place at once, easy for Priestley to get his manage across to the audience. The setting of act one is deliberately rich and luxuries with Author Birling, Sybil Birling, Sheila Birling, Eric Birling and Gerald Croft, all sat round the table and then there’s a nock at he door.