The next series of mini-lectures will be on Marx. We will begin with his critique of capitalism and carry on to evaluate his work from the point of view of conservatives, feminists, postmodernists and end by an overview of his work for progressive scholarship and critical theory for the 21st Century. Most people turn off their minds when they hear the word, Marx. Capitalism is the most productive economic system found in human history.
Capitalism tends to destroy the ancient forms of privilege and oppression.
In its quest for new labor markets, capitalism destroy patriarchy and its monopoly over high status jobs. In its quest for new commodity markets, capitalism ignores ethnic, racial and national boundaries and the ancient enmities they bring. In its quest for supplies of raw materials, capitalism goes everywhere, invests everywhere and explores everywhere. Capitalism has generated the best communications system of any of its previous competitors. Capitalists in Brussels needed timely information and used passenger pigeons from other european cities.