question 2 Flashcards

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exploitation

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Workers create value, but capitalists take the profit by paying them less than their labor is worth.

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2
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Aliention

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– Workers feel disconnected from:
What they produce (they don’t own it).
The work itself (it’s repetitive and controlled by others).
Their own humanity (labor is just a commodity).
Other workers (competition replaces community).

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3
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Community fetishism

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– People value products more than the labor and relationships behind them.

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4
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crisis and insatbility

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– Capitalism has cycles of economic crashes due to overproduction and inequality.

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5
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wealth concentration

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The rich get richer, and inequality grows.

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6
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work is just for survival

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not creativity or fulfillment.

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7
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workers lack control

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over what they do.

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8
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jobs can feel robotic

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treating people like machines.

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9
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marx believed what

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Marx believed the only real fix was replacing capitalism with socialism/communism, where workers control production together.

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