Thursday, April 26, 2012

Bourgeois and Proletarians

karl Marx believes that there are 2 groups of people struggling in this world and they are the Bourgeois and proletarians. He believes that the proletarians will win out because in the end they know how to work for what they want
Taylor quotes "the most simple, most monotonous, and most easily acquired knack" and the line refers to mill work and supports Marx's views where he says "Theses labourers, who must sell themselves piecemeal, are a commodity...they become an appendage of the machine". Janis Joplin "Mercedes Benz" i feel like this song is full of satire directed towards society because she is making fun of how society wants all sorts of materialistic things and there priories are not in proportion to there needs. . Is this song intended to be serious in any way? If so, how? What does Joplin mean by “social and political import?” Explain. Include a picture of Janis Joplin and a Mercedes Benz.

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