Marx’s View of Exploitation of Labor under Capitalism
Marx’s View of Exploitation of Labor under Capitalism
Introduction
Marx was one theorist who was very much against capitalism. According to him, it is also the rich and employers who enjoyed in capitalist societies. This is because they used other people to do their biddings to be able to amass more and more wealth. For example, he argued that employers used employees to ensure they achieve high profitability. He believed that employers did not attract and select employees from the market to utilize their knowledge and skills but rather to exploit them to ensure they are able to realize high profits. The recent years have seen a rise in intern labor or free labor. This paper intends to examine Marx’s view in relation to the same or his thought on the rise in free labor.
Marx’s View on Rise in Intern Labor As mentioned above, the recent years have seen a rise in free labor such as interns who normally work without any pay. Marx would easily view this as a strategy employed by employers to exploit future potential employees. Marx was of the view that most employers if not all under capitalism are never interested in the skills and knowledge portrayed by employees. This interest in normally in exploiting people to ensure they are able to achieve their goals and objectives. With this being the case, they may not be interested in enhancing the skills of employees or improve their performances (Hodson & Sullivan 2008). The main reason to why people agree to work for free while on internship is to acquire the right experience necessary to be considered by prospective employers in the future. Most organizations never expose interns to the required jobs that will enhance their skills and knowledge. In fact they will only use them by asking them to execute roles and duties that are in any related to their field of interest. In the end, an intern leaves the company or organization the way he or she came or even worse as some lose hope (Cutler 2010). Marx believed
Introduction
Marx was one theorist who was very much against capitalism. According to him, it is also the rich and employers who enjoyed in capitalist societies. This is because they used other people to do their biddings to be able to amass more and more wealth. For example, he argued that employers used employees to ensure they achieve high profitability. He believed that employers did not attract and select employees from the market to utilize their knowledge and skills but rather to exploit them to ensure they are able to realize high profits. The recent years have seen a rise in intern labor or free labor. This paper intends to examine Marx’s view in relation to the same or his thought on the rise in free labor.
Marx’s View on Rise in Intern Labor As mentioned above, the recent years have seen a rise in free labor such as interns who normally work without any pay. Marx would easily view this as a strategy employed by employers to exploit future potential employees. Marx was of the view that most employers if not all under capitalism are never interested in the skills and knowledge portrayed by employees. This interest in normally in exploiting people to ensure they are able to achieve their goals and objectives. With this being the case, they may not be interested in enhancing the skills of employees or improve their performances (Hodson & Sullivan 2008). The main reason to why people agree to work for free while on internship is to acquire the right experience necessary to be considered by prospective employers in the future. Most organizations never expose interns to the required jobs that will enhance their skills and knowledge. In fact they will only use them by asking them to execute roles and duties that are in any related to their field of interest. In the end, an intern leaves the company or organization the way he or she came or even worse as some lose hope (Cutler 2010). Marx believed
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