Sophie's world #5
Marx seems to be very focused on the consumer/ economic view of society. He's very different from a lot of the other philosophers. Capitalism, production, and social classes are mentioned many times. I think it's interesting that he was more focused on how the word affects people than vice versa, or about how people should do more reflection, as many philosophers believe. Marx believes that material changes affect history and that it's the economic forces is society that create change and drive history forward. Marx seems very focused on production in society and it makes me wonder why he became so interested in society in general and what helped him shape his views. What was his childhood like how did he grow up? Because he's very different from the other philosophers we've learned about so far. I wonder if his parents were factory workers or producers of goods. He doesn't seem happy with the gap between the rich and the poor and how some people have so much wh