How to you think Marx's idea reflect to our world today /?

Question

how does communism reflect our world today?

and capitalism ??

Answer 1

Marx would be sitting in a lounge chair smoking a good cigar  with a big smile .

Answer 2

Well we obviously don't have a completely capitalist economy. Pure capitalism is very destructive. Socialist aspects can be seen in socialized medicine, welfare, paid days of from work, and a free education.

Answer 3

Marx's ideas are extremely important today, possibly more important than in the 19th century.  Capitalism is becoming stagnant and only a small minority of people are benefiting.  Here are two key points, discussed by Marx, that one must understanding when discussing Marxism or Capitalism:

First: Alienation

Marx dealt with the alienation of society. Alienation occurs when people do not feel connected to their life or their own humanity. The cause of this, in many cases, is the way in which people work. In the 19th century, as well as today, many people would sell their labor to an employer and the employer would decided how to use this labor. Consider this; if you wanted to sell a car to someone else, the two of you would negotiate a settlement that you would both agree upon. The buyer would not simply say, "give me the car at this price or else," and yet that is what occurs in the labor market. Laborers sell their labor, their product, but they are unable to negotiate how their labor will be used. The domination of the means of production by a few capitalists forces laborers to take whatever job they are given, regardless of pay or benefits. The end result is alienation; the laborer feels more like an object than a human being, because he is treated like an object by the capitalist. Also, consider this point; if employees and laborers are considered objects to be used at the will of the capitalist, what prevents a person from looking at other members of society as objects? If two people are walking down the street and the first person robs the other because he views the second person as an object and a means to make some money, how is this different than the capitalist "robbing" the laborer? Humanity becomes objectified under capitalism.

Second: Surplus Labor and Surplus Value

The concept of surplus labor states that while a laborer may work 10 hours in a day, he may only see the benefit of an hour of work; his minimum wage. During the whole day, the worker is producing goods or some other product which may then be sold. The profits from these products then go to the capitalist, not the actually producer. Why should anyone work hard if they are not going to see the full benefit of their work? The United States is a perfect example of this concept in action; Americans spend more time at work, while getting less done, than in other industrialized nations. Marx proposed a system where everyone in business or company owned the means of production jointly. Marx never suggested that the government would own all property, such as homes. When workers owned the means of production jointly, they would have control over who would be their boss and other important decisions. People would be paid based on the amount of work done, quality as well as quantity of work done, the social necessity of the work, and the amount of training or schooling a person had received. This concept is laid out quite clearly in Das Kapital. Marx never said a doctor would make the same as a janitor. In fact, this would be anti-Marxist, because it would lead to alienation, as a described above. The end result of this system is people would be paid for the work they did, it would encourage people to work hard, and a few people at the top of the corporate ladder would not get rich based on the hard work of employees. Bosses and leaders would be paid more as more responsibility is accepted, but not at the rates that can be seen in the United States today.

The need for a Marxist society is greater today than it has been in past years because the United States has turned sharply to the right, becoming more fascist as each day goes by.  Americans are going without basic necessities of life, necessities that they have earned through their labor.  People are being exploited so much that an insane belief has developed that it is somehow the fault of the poor for their condition, instead of looking at the fact that employers are robbing working people blind.  Capitalism has run its course; it is time to move on.