I enjoyed Marx. He definitely pointed out numerous flaws in our system. "It has converted the physician, the lawyer, the priest, the poet, the man of science into its paid wage labourers." This statement spoke to me the most. There were several points when I was reminded of Little House on the Prairie and how simple everyone lived. Doc was concerned with his patients. He took eggs as payment if that's all the family own. Today doctors will hand out strong narcotics just so he can charge the patient. Lawyers would take cases to help the innocent while today many just want to take the cases that will equal as much money as possible. The poet used to be focused on satirizing like Chaucer or revealing truth and beauty like Wordsworth. Is poetry still full of that beauty and truth? Or is just mere entertainment? And the priest reminded me of Medieval Lit. In Peirs Plowman, there is an allegory of clergy. Clergy is idealized and is quite a beautiful character; however, later it is mentioned how the Friars, pope, and clergy had turned their attention to money. So once again a group of people who used to truly care for the people around them became focused on money.
P.S. I commented on Abbie Griffin's!
That's a very interesting perspective! It reminds me of a verse in the Bible: "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs." - 1 Timothy 6:10
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