In 1848 Karl Marx wrote his Communist Manifesto in which he defined his creation of two social classes known as the bourgeoisie and the proletariats. These consisted of the wealthy and owners of factories, the bourgeoisie, and the rest of the public, who had no money, known as the proletariats. Forty years later, Andrew Carnegie published his “Gospel of Wealth”, inspired to oppose the ideas of Marx call for change. His premace for the paper was that this form of social structure is unchangeable as well as good for all involved. He believed that production created more than it destroyed including more jobs as well as more affordable and luxurious goods. Carnegie hypothesized that changing the inequality of the social structure would mean devastation to life as all knew it, and in this way he was right.
One of Carnegie's greatest premaces on this idea was that inequality and capitalism or commercialism of the Industrial Revolution was for the betterment of all men because it lead to higher rates of employment for those who were once poor. He states, “ We assemble thousands of operatives in the factory, in the mine, and in the counting-house…”(393). In this way Carnegie is describing the mass of people employed during this rise of commercialism He also states, “The poor enjoy what the rich could not before afford. What were the luxuries have become the necessaries of life. The laborer has now more comforts than the farmer had a few generations ago”(393). Carnegie is describing how the people are better off for the rise of commercialism than before due to better quality of life. This is in direct relation to rise of employment rates and in this way life is better during the Industrial Revolution when 1000's gained jobs within the city.
[...] Carnegie is describing how the people are better off for the rise of commercialism than before due to better quality of life. This is in direct relation to rise of employment rates and in this way life is better during the Industrial Revolution when 1000's gained jobs within the city. Yet, employment is not the only reason for a better quality of life. As Carnegie states, a faster rate of production at lower prices allows for the general public to have access to more luxury goods than ever before and thus creating a better quality of life. [...]
[...] Carnegie believed that Industrialism was for the best of the public because while there was inequality, all people on a whole have better lives than the former because of it. Inequality is for the best because we as a society have a better quality of life as well as higher quality of goods. He believed this because by comparison life was exceedingly more civilized and contained more quality goods as opposed to the former medieval ages preceeding it. Thus, the inequality of capitalism and commercialism is for the betterment of society on a whole. Works Cited Carnegie, Andrew. Gospel of Wealth.” A World of Ideas. [...]
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[...] Benefits of capitalism and inequality of social classes based on Carnegie's argument in Gospel of Wealth” In 1848 Karl Marx wrote his Communist Manifesto in which he defined his creation of two social classes known as the bourgeoisie and the proletariats. These consisted of the wealthy and owners of factories, the bourgeoisie, and the rest of the public, who had no money, known as the proletariats. Forty years later, Andrew Carnegie published his “Gospel of Wealth”, inspired to oppose the ideas of Marx call for change. [...]
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