Beginning with Socialism, what will be primarily discussed is how it is organized and what social problems may arise as a result of using a communist system. “Marx saw the development of class conflict, the struggle between classes was initially confined to individual factories. Eventually, given the maturing of capitalism, the growing disparity between life conditions of bourgeoisie and proletariat, and the increasing homogenization within each class, individual struggles become generalized to coalitions across factories. Increasingly class conflict is manifested at the societal level”11, so while capitalism takes on this form of existence, problems are created between classes. This includes, and is not limited too, social riots, social conflict, social ignorance and class riots.
Capitalism ultimately converses that of the socialist perspective in the world’s economic positions. Karl Marx was a developer of socialism, providing its political partner, communism, with the explanation of what the difference of between a capitalist society and that of a socialist society. He claims that, “In relation to property there are three great classes of society: the bourgeoisie (who own the means of production such as machinery and factory buildings, and whose source of income is profit), landowners (whose income is rent), and the proletariat (who own their labor and sell it for a wage)”12. This results in a “system creates an incentive for citizens to stay out of trouble, get an education, develop desirable skills, and work hard. That incentive is money. Money can be traded for all sorts of things so we all toil away trying to gain additional money”13.
So why do these conflicts in class cause problems? Primarily, the conflicts between those who make a certain amount of wealth a year have a higher status and ‘better’ things than those who do not. This leads some to steal and rob those who have the things that the lower class desires. Also, the lack of economic regulation in capitalist societies allows judiciary systems to take advantage of those in a lower class, simply because they may not have the funds to produce an adequate lawyer and the rehabilitation fees that might follow. This raises questions relevant to that of problems with socialism, where government intervention and regulation are frequently present.
Socialism primarily fails because it cannot compete with the consumer output that most capitalist economies produce. Often time’s communist and socialist countries must rely heavily on labor and resources in order to survive. This creates issues of power and maintaining a constantly equal populous while the only other classes are the bureaucrats organizing the communist system. Ultimately, this may lead to the conclusions that capitalism within itself is an unfair distribution of wealth to the nation’s populous, while socialism simply cannot exist in a world where they must compete with the consumer based economies of the capitalism, unless it’s without great labor and motivation of the citizens occupying the socialist system. Incidentally, a communist society that maintains a consistent socialist society as well “must be stable in its basic directions and relatively flexible when it is necessary to react quickly to changes in various relatively local circumstances”14.Because of this, unions must be well organized for a socialist system to remain stable. Otherwise, consequences of inadequacy can be incredibly costly.
*(11-12)Rummel, R.J. "MARXISM AND CLASS CONFLICT." University of Hawaii System. 08 May 2009
*(13)Brian. "Socialism: Public housing is killing motivation to achieve | flashpoint." Flashpoint | Politics. Alabama Style. 4th May 2009
*(14)Khomra. "Inmagic CS/WebPublisher PRO found 1 records." The INFO Project. 08 May 2009
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