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Karl Marx Future Of Work

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Throughout the class we have been introduced to several articles, which have clearly depicted work in America. Today I have picked four readings that spoked to me in a variety of different ways. The first two articles Karl Marx, “Alienated Labor” and Thomas Jefferson’s “On Manufactures” were two of the readings that I could really relate to in my own personal work life. The final 2 readings were the Frithjof Bergmann’s “The Future of Work” and Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of a Nation” Frithjof Bergmann opens up “The Future of Work with this quote. “At the moment we have no picture of a future - certainly we do not have an image of a more attractive, better,, maybe even nobler social order that we could aim for, for which it would make sense to …show more content…

If someone was around a group of negative people that said, a person would become as negative as that group. The same good go for a happily/bubbly group, if you are surrounded by someone like this you’re outlook on life would change. I do believe our social reactions are the key, to become the person we want to be. Marx also believes that conflicts between humans are the key to help human’s growth. To put this in perspective Marx simply states “Furthermore, conflicts are essential for human growth and development.” So, why is this relevant in my personal life? Human growth and development is what we need to survive if we didn’t have this we could evolve as humans. I personally believe that because of the people around me I have specifically become the person I am today because of them, because if I wasn’t surrounded by my family and friends who knows that kind of person I would’ve become. Another strong point that Marx makes in his essay is his view on the “Political Economy,” mainly Communism. He believes that laborers are losing their ability to believe in work and because of this the quality of what they makes is lost. In my own working environment I’ve been able to see exactly what Marx is talking

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