An interesting article by Bhaskar Sunkara in the Guardian. With the widening gap between the rich and the poor, is capitalism failing the working class?

“Marxism enjoys new currency in economic crisis. But as Marx said, the point is not just to interpret the world, but to change it.

Capital used to sell us visions of tomorrow. At the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, corporations showcased new technologies: nylon, air conditioning, fluorescent lamps, the ever-impressive View-Master. But more than just products, an ideal of middle-class leisure and abundance was offered to those weary from economic depression and the prospect of European war.

The Futurama ride even took attendees through miniature versions of transformed landscapes, depicting new highways and development projects: the world of the future. It was a visceral attempt to renew faith in capitalism.”

Click below to read the full article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/25/karl-marx-relevant-21st-century

Posted by F. Sheikh