Here is an example of how the labor theory of value works: A worker in a factory is given $30 worth of material, and after working 3 hours producing a good, and using $10 worth of fuel to run a machine, he creates a product which is sold for $100. ... The worker is thus justly entitled to a $60 payment, or $20 per hour. If the worker is employed by a factory owner who pays him only $15 per hour, according to Marx the $5 per hour the factory owner receives is a rip-off. The factory owner has done nothing to earn the money and the $5 per hour he receives is "surplus value", representing exploit...

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Also, the paid hours for men tend to be longer than women's unpaid household duties and the difference in hours in paid work and the amount of work women do with housework and childcare was not that great. ...

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My father is working countless hours in the steel producing factories and even on the commune farms for endless hours trying to meet the impossible production deadlines the communists expect from him. ...

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December 9, 1958, Robert Welch and eleven other men gathered in a meeting hall. They came from Oregon, Wisconsin, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, and Massachusetts. He called upon these self proclaimed patriots to help him found a society of pro-American's known as the John Birch S...

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ENGLISH ESSAY ("MODERN TIMES" AND "THE FLANEUR") "The ordinary practitioners of the city live "down below" the thresholds at which visibility begins they are walkers "wandesrmaenner", whose bod...

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In Britain there was a general strike as a result of British coal miners being threatened with longer hours and lower wages however it was soon called off due to their lack of support from the Communist Party. ...

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As the vacillating Soviet dictator, Stalin revealed his extremely paranoid temperament; he housed "a fear so absolute and omnipresent that one can safely claim that it governed his waking and sleeping hours." ...

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In order to determine if a country is a developed, underdeveloped, or developing country there are many factors that one needs to take into consideration. Its also important to determine why the country is underdeveloped or not, and why isn't developing the way other countries are developed. There ...

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As the vacillating Soviet dictator, Stalin revealed his extremely paranoid temperament; he housed "a fear so absolute and omnipresent that one can safely claim that it governed his waking and sleeping hours." ...

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As Louie notes, "The middlemen's profits were tied to the amount of labor they could "sweat" out of their workers – most often women and children – through low wages, excessive hours, and unsanitary conditions" (4). ...

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For centuries people have come across the U.S. borders from foreign countries hoping for a better life, a life that is free from unruly dictators and poverty for them and their families. They want to live in the land of opportunities. As Thomas Jefferson once declared, "All men are created equal " (...

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Socialism In a socialist society, the means of production owned by the workers rather than by a rich minority of capitalists or functionaries. Such a system of ownership is both collective and individual in nature. It is collective because society can control production unlike the economic anarc...

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Hollywood drama and historical events have been closely linked for decades. Over the years, countless movies have been made using historical settings to provide a framework for their storyline. Whether it be "Gone with the Wind", "Saving Private Ryan", or even "Blackhawk Down", history and drama have proven themselves as a successful and entertaining combination. We have seen some Hollywood screenplays use historical events only for background purposes, focusing less on historical fact and more on the story at hand, while others stick closely to the actual historical events, adding their s...

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George Orwell's Animal Farm depicts the uprising of animals on Manor Farm. In the beginning of the book, the animals all revolt to drive Mr. Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, away. This was a revolution for the animals. I predict that their situation will change as a result of greed from certain anima...

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Throughout history, there have been different people who have made revolutionary changes that has affected people to the present day and made life just that much easier to live. One of these people is Friedrich Engels. He managed to take an idea that's technically based on human decency, and to th...

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