Sociology Final

Expression of the proletariat's imagination, humanity or species being into their capitalist products and labor. The product you make (fruits of your labor) what the machine owner sells the embodiment of you (imagination/species being/humanity)

1. What Marx argues is that when these dissimilar workers become close in proximity  they begin to talk  they are awakened to their shared exploitation, oppression and alienation at the hands of the capitalist class 2. Workers see the truth of their circumstances… its not that they do not work hard enough, but rather capitalism made false promises, “system of oppression” 3. Works are compelled to confront and revolt against their oppressors

When your labor power is stolen from you, you hate your creation... You end up hating yourself.

1. Pay workers as little as possible to maximize profit and maintain power -immediate Effect: Result in increase of profit, increase in inequality, increase in power -long term effect: if you cut workers wages that significantly reduces the buying power of workers, lowers inequality, lowers the power of the capitalist 2. Surplus/overproduction: 3. Price cuts -Immediate Effect: profit goes up, inequality goes up, power goes up -Long term effect: when prices are low this increases the buying power of workers, inequality goes down, power goes down Results in cutting workers wages getting cut again, and the cycle repeats

Capitalists are forced to protect/defend the source of their power by acquiring more private property

Anomic Suicide

Suicide bombers and mass suicide that occurs in cults is an example of

Detached, isolated, or disconnected from society "terminal case of the cult of the individual"

Vastly outnumber the capitalists, "they have nothing to lose but their chains". It is our destiny to end inequality, realize our potential and truly become human.

When during rare moments, institutions in society are fully functioning at 100%, what is exposed is the truth, the truth being that we are not god but god is in the group.

The machine owners (new merchants) who have power over machine operators (serfs)

The cycle of production results in workers no longer able to purchase the very goods they produce- working to earn just enough to live, and living paycheck, to paycheck.

A traditional form of economy is an example of...

Closeness to God equals power is an example of...

Your imagination, consciousness are examples of...

Refers to disparities and the distribution of recourses between haves and have-nots. How much do haves possess of a given recourse, relative to have-nots

Someone who studies philosophy, history and economics is a

Resources/tools 1. Relationships to people boundaries/limitations of how people use how to use those recourses/tools people apply the species-being to create + = (imagination) the material world 2. Relationship to others Style of productions when using those tools to create the industrial world

Marx's explanation for what drives consumerism in modern society. Workers trying to gain back their species-being/humanity, due to their stolen labor power, to alleviate the pain of a persons stolen humanity/stolen labor power

Workers competing to work for the lowest wage

1. Whoever controls the means of production has the power to control all of society. 2. Those in power seek to maintain their power by designing a society to their benefit thus, social change is rare & only happens when the means of production change hands. 3. Changes in mode of production only happens by accident. Specifically when flaws or contradictions in logic of the current system is exposed and exploited.

The machine operators...

Promises of capitalism