Marx claims that the reason there aren't more critics of capitalism is because the economic system has, in a way, "brainwashed" people to accept an

"ideology that has key beliefs like, people without work are worthless & buying more stuff will make us happier. true or false?

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Krueger

15 January, 15:05

Marx claims that the reason there aren't more critics of capitalism is because the economic system has, in a way, "brainwashed" people to accept an

"ideology that has key beliefs like, people without work are worthless & buying more stuff will make us happier. true or false?

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Tony Doyle · Answer 1

Marx didn't claim all that; that was more the work of post-marxism.

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During his entire life Marx investigated the material side of capitalism; production modes and the profits for people with capital. His work was all about economics.

It was after Marx that the Frankfurter School started to investigate capitalist ideology and its social consequences. People like Marcuse and Adorno came up with what is mentioned in the question about key beliefs.

Marx claims that the reason there aren't more critics of capitalism is because the economic system has, in a way, "brainwashed" people to accept an"ideology that has key beliefs like, people without work are worthless & buying more stuff will make us happier. true or false?

Marx claims that the reason there aren't more critics of capitalism is because the economic system has, in a way, "brainwashed" people to accept an

"ideology that has key beliefs like, people without work are worthless & buying more stuff will make us happier. true or false?