Karl Marx & Conflict Theory: Crash Course Sociology #6

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@ethanomcbride
@ethanomcbride 5 жыл бұрын
Homegirl busted out the red blazer for this one
@nabilayasmine3319
@nabilayasmine3319 4 жыл бұрын
I just realized lmao
@jakek.2084
@jakek.2084 4 жыл бұрын
Красная Америка на горизонте.
@stephen2576
@stephen2576 4 жыл бұрын
@@jakek.2084 Red America on the horizon.
@1035TheIce
@1035TheIce 4 жыл бұрын
@@stephen2576 ew
@carlahernandez7757
@carlahernandez7757 4 жыл бұрын
lollll
@shabnamarshad2490
@shabnamarshad2490 4 жыл бұрын
It's a really blessing that your content is available free.
@itsnotaphase2074
@itsnotaphase2074 4 жыл бұрын
You can argue that Marxism doesn’t work, but Marxism as an idea isn’t evil. Blaming Marx for Stalin and Mao is like blaming Jesus for the crusades.
@mr.coffee6242
@mr.coffee6242 4 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@ashleyk9328
@ashleyk9328 4 жыл бұрын
I really think it’s a great idea but I know it won’t work because people are evil. Marxist or not.
@unknownpatriot9627
@unknownpatriot9627 4 жыл бұрын
That’s is pretty well composed
@TheFlameBladeWielder
@TheFlameBladeWielder 4 жыл бұрын
hence goes the saying "Karl Marx: as misunderstood by his followers as by his detractors"
@nadeyd9567
@nadeyd9567 4 жыл бұрын
Mr. Coffee absolutely! Really good analogy too!
@lineikatabs
@lineikatabs 7 жыл бұрын
I like how she's wearing red while talking about Marx.
@Benioff1
@Benioff1 7 жыл бұрын
This video gave a very neutral look on Marx. It never said that Marx's ideas were right or good. The video simply explained what his theories were and where they came from.
@PragmaticAntithesis
@PragmaticAntithesis 7 жыл бұрын
If only everyone were like this.
@ronpaulrevered
@ronpaulrevered 7 жыл бұрын
Do you think Marx's ideas are right or good?
@Benioff1
@Benioff1 7 жыл бұрын
Of course I don't.
@ronpaulrevered
@ronpaulrevered 7 жыл бұрын
Why are they wrong or bad?
@Benioff1
@Benioff1 7 жыл бұрын
Are you kidding? Marxist governments have been scourge of mankind from whenever to wherever.
@m00py1
@m00py1 5 жыл бұрын
I'm taking sociology and studied Marx some myself before school, and everything perfectly lines up. This is the best introduction to Marxism I've heard
@kshinji
@kshinji 4 жыл бұрын
try mine: "gee i wonder why things have value, hmm, labor always precedes increase in value so it must be it, and labor is man hours, except when someone works poorly, slowly or with outdated modes of production, so let's call it 'socially constructive man hours', now that we established that let's go and take this grocery store i work at, because now i own it"
@winstonsmith6863
@winstonsmith6863 7 жыл бұрын
Loving how terrified capitalists are by someone just explaining what Marx thought in a clear and concise way.
@robertroibu2926
@robertroibu2926 5 жыл бұрын
What's scary about a seudo intellectual failing to understand Kant who he based most of his ideas off of.
@pernicusnew9750
@pernicusnew9750 5 жыл бұрын
@@robertroibu2926 I don't trust the opinions of someone who can't even spell pseudo.
@robertroibu2926
@robertroibu2926 5 жыл бұрын
@@pernicusnew9750 English is stupid you can't hear the p so why include it. Point stands thou.
@cobthehistorian4857
@cobthehistorian4857 5 жыл бұрын
Love it when dumbasses try to explain that communism, which has failed in every country, is somehow not one of the worst systems ever.
@rubymvos105
@rubymvos105 5 жыл бұрын
@@cobthehistorian4857 love it when people try to somehow say that capitalism hasn't failed. I mean, who is it serving? certainly not the people that work for it, certainly not the people dying of preventable poverty, and certainly not those in slavery under the prison system, to name a few
@BruceMOable
@BruceMOable 7 жыл бұрын
first time I had Marx explained and not immediately disparaged. Growing up during Cold War was limiting
@tyrozinehappykitchen
@tyrozinehappykitchen 6 жыл бұрын
duckymagic57 you are clearly a white man who thinks this is a bad thing?
@DudeWhoSaysDeez
@DudeWhoSaysDeez 4 жыл бұрын
Its a shame that we can't view ideas in an unbiased manner. I wanna be taught different ideas, not just force-fed one side.
@ThisisPam
@ThisisPam 4 жыл бұрын
No it was not limiting, it was eye-opening. Nothing like seeing the violence, oppression and terrible poverty in real time.
@marciamakesmusic
@marciamakesmusic 4 жыл бұрын
@@ThisisPam Yeah, seeing it from your TV screen while the Soviet Union experienced rapid economic growth. Everyone likes to say communism was bad and repeat Nazi propaganda though
@ThisisPam
@ThisisPam 4 жыл бұрын
@@marciamakesmusic Conclusions reached by serious study of history and facts used to be respected, but now all we do is swallow what our neo-marxist professors feed us at the trough. Do not be taken in. They have an agenda just like everyone else.
@samkc3423
@samkc3423 5 жыл бұрын
Finally. The only video that has truly made me understand Marx and his theories
@kshinji
@kshinji 4 жыл бұрын
it did not really
@trorisk
@trorisk 6 жыл бұрын
“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” ― Warren Buffett
@GSixFiveFourThreeFourDashTwo
@GSixFiveFourThreeFourDashTwo 7 жыл бұрын
SEIZE THE MEMES OF PRODUCTION
@danielhall271
@danielhall271 7 жыл бұрын
+
@andyb6177
@andyb6177 7 жыл бұрын
This right here is why i go to the internet.
@melonlord1414
@melonlord1414 7 жыл бұрын
Agent Orange +
@pollysmith5943
@pollysmith5943 7 жыл бұрын
Agent Orange this is my favourite comment from my lifetime so far.
@whhe11
@whhe11 7 жыл бұрын
Agent Orange Aye I see you in secular talk comments too.
@b.r.52
@b.r.52 Жыл бұрын
Revisiting this video now that I'm a teacher and I agree with the many commenters here that this is the cleanest explanation focused on the ideology of Marx without the political drama and the persona behind it.
@josephbiggie6047
@josephbiggie6047 7 жыл бұрын
Did you guys even watch the video before commenting? This wasn't even about Communism. It was about Conflict theory....
@Slenderman63323
@Slenderman63323 7 жыл бұрын
But Marx is in the title, and he deserves a good helicopter ride.
@michelibarra191
@michelibarra191 7 жыл бұрын
Can't you see how conflict theory (a.k.a. "class warfare theory") has enabled tyrants like Lenin and Mao throughout history?
@suji-gm
@suji-gm 7 жыл бұрын
Michel Ibarra Díaz de Arce yeah, and nationalism enabled both first and second world wars. Does that make nationalism toxic in general?
@andromedagalaksi2668
@andromedagalaksi2668 7 жыл бұрын
You need a Pinochet!
@IgnisDomini97
@IgnisDomini97 7 жыл бұрын
@ECCENTRIC "HAHAHAHA PINOCHET'S MASS MURDER OF HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS WAS HILARIOUS!" - You.
@num9908
@num9908 7 жыл бұрын
These videos are so underrated. Crash course helped me get like a 95 in my psychology class. Now for sociology.
@Wiggyam
@Wiggyam 5 жыл бұрын
«Yeet the Rich!» -Carl Marks, probably
@Theokamisenpai
@Theokamisenpai 5 жыл бұрын
William Lillevik carrrrrrl, that kills people
@ibitorucookey-gam7503
@ibitorucookey-gam7503 4 жыл бұрын
@@Theokamisenpai lol
@martinsriber7760
@martinsriber7760 7 жыл бұрын
It's easy to criticise Marx when ignoring that during his time workers were basically slaves.
@realscummy
@realscummy 7 жыл бұрын
Martin Šriber not dissimilar to today... but yeah you are right, at the time it was much worse
@gonniez4854
@gonniez4854 7 жыл бұрын
in what way are working people in western countries today not slaves?
@Davidow1
@Davidow1 7 жыл бұрын
Well, I've got nothing against Marx - what I'm tired of is modern people believing his ideas are applicable to the world as it looks today.
@RadicalShiba1917
@RadicalShiba1917 7 жыл бұрын
+blackbloq *World-Systems Analysis intensifies*
@samguy7654
@samguy7654 7 жыл бұрын
Martin Šriber They're still..
@megcorner7023
@megcorner7023 7 жыл бұрын
Pretty much most of what Karl Marx said makes perfect sense....
@garrusn7702
@garrusn7702 7 жыл бұрын
Meg Corner He identified some problems. His solutions are ridiculous. EDIT: I came back to this comment forgetting that I ever made it. . .i am now a Marxist. I knew next to nothing about Marxism when I originally posted this.
@megcorner7023
@megcorner7023 7 жыл бұрын
But capitalism hasn't failed yet, it may happen in up to 1000 years, but it will happen just like feudalism failed and primitive communism failed, it's just an evolution of society when humans has a species change their mental attitude
@Igor-ug1uo
@Igor-ug1uo 5 жыл бұрын
It doesn't if you get out of the marxists literature bubble and start exploring other ideas. What I can say for sure is that the Marxist economic theory is mostly nonsense largely based on mistakes and misconceptions of the classical economics.
@zombiesingularity
@zombiesingularity 5 жыл бұрын
@@garrusn7702 His solution was revolution, which isn't ridiculous at all.
@garrusn7702
@garrusn7702 5 жыл бұрын
zombiesingularity “Revolution” Yeah, thanks for the specificity.
@droctogonapus1223
@droctogonapus1223 7 жыл бұрын
guys it's not evil to consider the benefits of communism. you don't need to tiptoe around the idea.
@heisvi9317
@heisvi9317 7 жыл бұрын
Forced dieting?
@droctogonapus1223
@droctogonapus1223 7 жыл бұрын
Bob Bytes that's not a principal of communism.
@droctogonapus1223
@droctogonapus1223 7 жыл бұрын
Principle*
@kappadarwin9476
@kappadarwin9476 5 жыл бұрын
Communism can't really work in practice because the state can be corrupted.
@Akshayattr1
@Akshayattr1 5 жыл бұрын
@Apple Thor might thunder As a marxist, i acknowledge that flaw in Marxism. But do you know that in communism state doesn't exist? In order to evolve into a communist world, the state too has to be abolished. That is the freeist society. The path to communism comes from socialism. Socialism was there in 20th century and it had corruption in it. The ussr was socialist country trying to achieve communism but failed. The capitalist propaganda and bribery brought all citizens throughout the world or forced them in to submission with threat of starvation by no jobs. This is how much evil capitalism is
@nut913
@nut913 5 жыл бұрын
Huh, he's actually a good philosopher. I'm humbled by my ignorance and arrogance.
@SashaClaudeee
@SashaClaudeee 5 жыл бұрын
Even if you don't like his ideas, he's a great read. Especially Early Marx, when he's more philosophical than economical. He's a lot of fun if you like snark and literary references, e.g. he made fun of a group of radical atheists by titling his critique of them "The Holy Family"
@fromthebackseat4865
@fromthebackseat4865 5 жыл бұрын
I just wanted to thank you. You obviously were humble enough to accept your ignorance, which means you were more humble than most people.
@pratikgore6536
@pratikgore6536 5 жыл бұрын
Side note : Labour Theory of Value has been disproved many times by economists
@SashaClaudeee
@SashaClaudeee 5 жыл бұрын
@@pratikgore6536 which one? There are several versions. It's not accurate to refer to "the" labor theory of value.
@KoruGo
@KoruGo 5 жыл бұрын
Value does not equal cost. Value is just simply Marx saying that the amount of labor is more important. Not only that, other theories of value have far more problems.
@DontIgnoreMe
@DontIgnoreMe 7 жыл бұрын
I really like how this video manages to convey so many of Marx's ideas in such a short time frame. That must have been a real challenge!
@MythicalRedFox
@MythicalRedFox 7 жыл бұрын
Wait, you're telling me that in a sociology course they're going to talk about... * gasp * _a famous sociologist?!_ The horror!
@rtaraquin
@rtaraquin 7 жыл бұрын
Yes, and let's blame that jerk who invented fire for the deaths of tens of billions.
@architeuthis3476
@architeuthis3476 7 жыл бұрын
Actually, phoenixhost, s/he probably did. Most leaps in human technology are advances in military technology. However, we don't currently have written records, so its anybody's guess.
@jeremyhansen9197
@jeremyhansen9197 7 жыл бұрын
Nonamearisto Technically he didn't call for anything, he simply predicted it.
@derickgabrillo1579
@derickgabrillo1579 7 жыл бұрын
MythicalRedFox how do you italicize the text on a comment?
@EmilReiko
@EmilReiko 7 жыл бұрын
Tecnically no, they talked about strike and taking over means of production by simply start to run the factories themselves. You can find no plead to kill the owners of the means of production in Marx writings. Not even between the lines. This whole thing about killing and prosecuting the different thinking arises within later Marx inspired ideologies. Inspired, because i will claim that Leninism and its derivatives like Maoism is not Marxist and hardly socialist, but stateist, which in its pure form is rather (no totally) anti-marxist, when it comes to anything else than using Marx as a logo. Leninism is forged in the same way as some extremist Christian movements, that is: "You take the worst part of the source material, isolate it from its context and uplift it to a universal truth". Contemporary to the rise of Leninism, other dominant ideologies (actual Marxian strain of thoughts as well as social anarchism) within the labor movements rose up to confront the totalitarianism of Leninism, but alas - the Bolsheviks managed to seize state power and use it to suppress the leftwing and reinstate a mutated form of bureaucratic bastard capitalism, labeled socialism yet inherently alien to socialism.
@psp05
@psp05 Жыл бұрын
This is legit a 3 week lecture, in one short video. Amazing!
@krishlaadens
@krishlaadens 7 жыл бұрын
I know close to nothing about Sociology and ended up watching this by pure boredom. But I've got to say, I'm happily surprised. This was intersting to listen to and Nicole is an awesome teacher/lecturer.
@phoenix3992
@phoenix3992 2 жыл бұрын
Cultural Hegemony: The tool used by the ruling class to gaslight the rest. Thank you for revealing to me the term for what I only understood amorphously prior to watching this video. Likewise for Structural Functionalism, Conflict Theory, and Symbolic Representation, which lend terms to my concept of Society as a 'Macro-Organism', with various 'Organs', and ultimately consisting of 'Cellular' interactions, respectively. I will continue to enjoy this series.
@larav8016
@larav8016 7 жыл бұрын
I am currently learning about Marxism at school, and I would like to thank you for the clearest, most engaging way of helping me with this topic~
@SolarMechanic
@SolarMechanic 7 жыл бұрын
It'd be interesting if we could see how much of a video, if any, someone had watched before they commented.
@gamercatsz5441
@gamercatsz5441 6 жыл бұрын
I watched it several times since i first saw it. This is probably the best video about Marxism on the internet, IMHO. And it should be shown to every highschool student in the world.
@Siberius-
@Siberius- 6 жыл бұрын
The School of Life had a good video too.
@OdinMMA
@OdinMMA 7 жыл бұрын
Marx was spot on but the knee-jerk reaction will prevent people from thinking about it
@kshinji
@kshinji 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I read Capital, I mean, I tried to read it but this guy and logic, they never sat in the same room. Marxism is an idea that no intelligent person would honestly believe in, so you only get people who like the implications (I would get some of the money that rich people have) and those that want to manipulate masses embrace.
@tomallen722
@tomallen722 4 жыл бұрын
Honestly, this is so great. As someone who is a Marxist, it's refreshing to see Marx's ideas (and Gramsci! did not expect him turning up) just laid out like this. For anyone engaging in the debates about whether or nor Marxism is good or bad or 'works' misses the point. The point is that Marx's thought (and Marxism more broadly) is a primarily a critical philosophy. It is a way of looking and understanding the world. It's 'validity' is brought about as to whether or not it offers a credible way of explaining how the world works. I'm a Marxist because I think it does offer this. Would you believe that Marxism has been to not only understand how capitalism works but also how 'really existing socalism' functioned or has been used to understand the development of China after Mao? I don't think you can divorce Marxism from the politics of socialism (and, for me, why would you want to?) but my point is that the politics of socialist countries arise because of political and economic questions they had to try answer and whether or not you agree with them, they in no way negate the fundamental aspect of what Marxism is. Indeed, some Marxists readings of say China or the Soviet Union are so critical that they've spawned entirely new political tendencies within the left itself.
@totallynotme123-m9l
@totallynotme123-m9l 7 жыл бұрын
This series is awesome! My only "criticism" is on how Nicole talks so fast, it is not that comfortable for non-native English speakers and even though I understand everything she says, I would really appreciate it if she would talk a tad slower, like 90% of current speed would be perfect. It isn't comfortable to learn when I am spending more time conjugating the words in my head than comprehending the actual message of the video.
@pneu9059
@pneu9059 7 жыл бұрын
I didn't expect this to be this good, well done well done.
@ArturoStojanoff
@ArturoStojanoff 7 жыл бұрын
This is a very good and concise explanation of what Marx proposed. I understand it better now, thank you.
@ArturoStojanoff
@ArturoStojanoff 7 жыл бұрын
I didn't say whether it was right or wrong. Only that I understood it better.
@rikafurude6275
@rikafurude6275 7 жыл бұрын
+Friendly Neighborhood Neocon no, you damn fool. marx did not believe they were less important, but that racism, sexism, homophobia, antisemitism and all oppression was based in the material conditions of production. to that end, he believed that fighting these things was the duty of socialism, and that vice-versa, socialism would bring the end of these things. to quote lenin: 'Socialists cannot achieve their great aim without fighting against all oppression'
@riftus87
@riftus87 7 жыл бұрын
Communism went wrong because you damned fools fell into the hegemonic degeneracy conceived by the elite to fool you into thinking that this society isn't luring itself into a trap. Congrats. You've fucked us all up. "Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires. " --John Steinback
@rikafurude6275
@rikafurude6275 7 жыл бұрын
+ljliang11 well said, but its important to analyse the influence of imperialism and bribing of the first world workers with a portion of the spoils of the global south's exploitation which creates the labour aristocracy and causes them to feel complacent with their position
@arturoramosbmoviesseriesan4452
@arturoramosbmoviesseriesan4452 7 жыл бұрын
I feel the same way.
@oliviamariani4684
@oliviamariani4684 7 жыл бұрын
Do crash course music theory!
@cpi23
@cpi23 7 жыл бұрын
omg yesssss
@RadicalShiba1917
@RadicalShiba1917 7 жыл бұрын
Yes, please
@samguy7654
@samguy7654 7 жыл бұрын
olivia mariani Yesssss
@denisiqra8712
@denisiqra8712 7 жыл бұрын
adam neely should be the host
@adamperryofficial
@adamperryofficial 6 жыл бұрын
Yes
@kianchristoffern
@kianchristoffern 7 жыл бұрын
I think the true irony, when it comes to Marx, is that now, when very few seriously embrace his ideology, his analysis of history has more than proven itself. That is irony, isn't it?
@varana
@varana 7 жыл бұрын
How has his analysis of history "proven itself"? His analysis of the economics of his own society were quite spot on. That history is a sequence of class struggles, and only substantially influenced by changes in the means of production, and that we can identify distinct eras based on the means and relations of production, and will culminate in a classless society, isn't really seen as tenable, any more.
@realscummy
@realscummy 7 жыл бұрын
Kian Nielsen you're absolutely right. reading the manifesto was eye opening of how he called late stage imperialist capitalism and the repeating trends that are cropping back up.
@hedgehog3180
@hedgehog3180 7 жыл бұрын
Kian Nielsen Well communism is slowly becoming more popular.
@apofis231
@apofis231 7 жыл бұрын
i firmly believe that intersectionality is probably what alienates average people from it. Marx was a genius but his ideas have been stretched to the limit
@anaxa4883
@anaxa4883 6 жыл бұрын
I think Gramsci would argue that Marx's lack of relevancy is a direct result of the cultural hegemony that the Bourgeoisie hold. The Bourgeoisie control the media and thus shape the narrative that the working class sees.
@oldcowbb
@oldcowbb 7 жыл бұрын
Marx's theory actually makes a lot of sense
@KManwarren
@KManwarren Жыл бұрын
I appreciate these videos so much. They provide very clear explanation. I may not agree with Marxism, but these videos highlight the basic facts in a way that I can fully understand the basics of Marxism, without the noise of someone's agenda being woven throughout. I can clearly consider what I think of the basic facts when I watch this video. Thank you.
@francisaguilar1260
@francisaguilar1260 7 жыл бұрын
Please keep making these vids. Dont mind the comments. the fact that so many are discussing sociology is a good thing. Its all about perspective and studying sociology is a good way to look at things in a myriad of angles.
@powderdd
@powderdd 7 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the focus on delivering information. Some of the other subjects have tried to punctuate every 30 seconds with unnecessary jokes that often don't land. Thanks for assuming an attention span.
@everestjarvik5502
@everestjarvik5502 4 жыл бұрын
Pretty relevant here in the 2020 economic crisis
@Raiseflag_Surrender
@Raiseflag_Surrender 6 жыл бұрын
Some thoughts to clarify the subject: 1. There is a great difference between marxism theories and marxism-based theories. The intergrated theory of conflict emerged after the Second World War and opposed marxism on many levels. (see to the first video of this course and my comments on it). All other theories such as modern racial-conflict theory and modern gender-conflict theory can be even viewed from the marxist perspective as an attempt of the ruling capitalist class to destroy and disrupt marxism. 2. 'The economy' is not the foundation (or basis) of superstructure. The foundation of superstructure is the answer to 3 questions: 1) 'What kind of level of scientific and technological development did the society reach?' 2) Who has the right of property in the means of production? 3) What is the class structure of society and is there a class struggle between the oppressor and the oppressed classes?' What lies beyond the 3 question does not influence the superstructure but is a part of the superstructure. 3. The contradiction between the forces of production and the relation of production is the inner conflict inside the basis and it leads to the so-called 'revolution in the basis' and the major societal change. 4. Marx described the 3 historical stages of development as formations and the lesser stages inside one of them - the modes of production,. Thus the 3 stages are: primitive communism, the class society and the future communism and the modes of production are within the class society as - slave-owning mode, asiatic (stage-based mode), feudal mode and capitalist mode. Later, however, Marx followers called all modes of production - 'formations'.
@smileyface702
@smileyface702 6 жыл бұрын
I took a class on Marxism this past semester and thought this video was spot on.
@rickyspanish6087
@rickyspanish6087 5 жыл бұрын
Karl Marx is becoming popular in America each year, capatalism is turning into oligarchy
@FittedSheet2000
@FittedSheet2000 4 жыл бұрын
I'll give you $10 if you can name a country where communism works
@Andreafab47
@Andreafab47 4 жыл бұрын
it's more about the governments and the men that implemented it. In most places, the governments exploit the system. That's what makes it controversial.
@FittedSheet2000
@FittedSheet2000 4 жыл бұрын
@@Andreafab47 no, communism just doesn't worn
@Andreafab47
@Andreafab47 4 жыл бұрын
@@FittedSheet2000 There has never been a true communistic state ever in history. Overcoming the human hurdle of power and greed in government is the reason why the world has not seen a true example of Communism.
@FittedSheet2000
@FittedSheet2000 4 жыл бұрын
@SafelySwift Catalonia is an autonomous community in spain not a country, and I can't even find the other place just sayin
@SirAmicVarze
@SirAmicVarze 7 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I've heard of hegemonic theory. That sounds like a very accurate description of society in my experience.
@featuringfranklin
@featuringfranklin 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. It's a pretty well-laid out explanation of Marx's theories that people can understand.
@KelsaRavenlock
@KelsaRavenlock 7 жыл бұрын
i see a chicken in every pot and a duck with an envelope hanging from every ceiling
@featuringfranklin
@featuringfranklin 7 жыл бұрын
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read Das Kapital.
@GETJUSTICE4U
@GETJUSTICE4U 4 жыл бұрын
Milton Friedman (the guru of modern capitalist economics) famously asserted that the sole purpose of business is to create profits, regardless of the (devastating) social or environmental costs. Think about that. Capitalism, in its purest form, is about creating profits and this is where it fails (disadvantages) ordinary hard working people . For example, IBM announced that it was planning to lay off over 100,000 employees and close down over 20 facilities. The next day its stock value trebled thus making huge profits without any increase in productivity, no new products or innovations, but certainly a great deal of hardship and misery for many decent ordinary people. This happened more than 40 years ago and is not an isolated case. As for Marxism; we cannot yet determine if it is good or bad since it has never been tested in its purest form. Marx would not have recognised Stalins totalitarian USSR as a communist country or any of the others like Moa's China etc. In which the state owned and ran everything. This is quite different to the democratic cooperative based system that Marx advocated.
@TheSignetGamer
@TheSignetGamer 7 жыл бұрын
This is quite the community "wall" against negative commentators. Its really effective.
@elephantricity
@elephantricity 7 жыл бұрын
"I wish Karl would start accumulating capital instead of just writing about it." -- Karl's mom
@specialknees6798
@specialknees6798 6 жыл бұрын
Once, in fourth grade, I was in a Popeyes with my family, and I began having a discussion with my dad. I explained to him an idea I had come up with. He didn't say anything about it other than that it would anger many people if it were true. I didn't know why. It wasn't until later that I learned, that what I came up with, had already been invented. The theory behind it was eerily similar to what I said at Popeyes. It was called communism. True story.
@JustHarrison
@JustHarrison Жыл бұрын
This is a great video! I'm def gonna have to watch it again lol Thanks for making it!
@deletemymind565
@deletemymind565 7 жыл бұрын
When Marx talks about "crises of overproductio" we always have to remember that he meant that relative - relative to the accumulation of capital, i.e. that there is an overproduction of commodities which can be sold for a (high-enough) profit. Marx was not an underconsumptionist - from him, the falling rate of profit was the main, or to be more precise: underlying, cause of the cyclical crises of capitalism.
@horseydoggygurl
@horseydoggygurl 7 жыл бұрын
YOU SAVED MY LIFE I HAVE TO WRITE AN ESSAY ON THIS EXACT TOPIC FOR UNI ALL EVERYTHING I READ WAS SO WRAPPED UP IN JARGON AND VERNACULAR THAT I JUST DIDN'T GET IT :( this cleared up everything especially the definitions such as means/modes/forces of production. thank you crash course
@a_e_hilton
@a_e_hilton 7 жыл бұрын
Lol half of the comments are predicting a shitstorm and the other half are part of the shitstorm - well done people
@IgnisDomini97
@IgnisDomini97 7 жыл бұрын
I mean, they explicitly stated they weren't talking about THAT side of Marx.
@MichaelFay63
@MichaelFay63 7 жыл бұрын
Yes he did. And Smiths Barbarism!
@MeditativeMoments1
@MeditativeMoments1 7 жыл бұрын
Friendly Neighborhood Neocon yes you are correct. But not because he was wrong, but because of Capitalisms new adaptation through debt. Capitalism is finished today. This is why they are having all the problems in the world they are having and why the billionaires are planning UBI for the masses. Their entire system had collapsed.
@cindyfrempong9352
@cindyfrempong9352 6 жыл бұрын
im just wondering where the dude is
@2ntwins
@2ntwins 7 жыл бұрын
Usually it's somewhat painful because crash course is way too oversimplified. This is actually one of the best series on here. She does probably the best anyone can do with ten minutes
@AnythingGoesCodes
@AnythingGoesCodes 4 жыл бұрын
Pure information without bad jokes. Please continue this approach CrashCourse.
@kal5211
@kal5211 Жыл бұрын
If you don't work, you DO go to jail. People experiencing homelessness are arrested regularly for just that.
@tylerdipietro4201
@tylerdipietro4201 5 жыл бұрын
Marxism is perfect. Perfect equality, perfect freedom, kindness, compassion, everyone’s needs being met, people working as much or as little as they want however they want and being happy with where you’re at in life and community.
@scottstorchfan
@scottstorchfan 4 жыл бұрын
Marx didn’t want to be called a ”philosopher” he wanted to be called a social scientist.
@rafaelgoncalves2879
@rafaelgoncalves2879 7 жыл бұрын
I'm having Sociology 101 on college right now and it's matching almost exactly this video series (had Durkheim last week and wil have Marx next tuesday). Thanks because it's helping me a lot.
@HarryWilsonTW
@HarryWilsonTW 4 жыл бұрын
A much better and neutral explanation on Karl Marx's ideas and theories... Certainly better than what Paul Kengor could come up with for his video for Prager "University"
@unknownanonymous699
@unknownanonymous699 4 жыл бұрын
Crash course explain things much more efficient than schools do
@stefanoacquasanta6041
@stefanoacquasanta6041 7 жыл бұрын
this episode could actually fit in many others crash courses...the magic of karl marx!
@solidarityced9210
@solidarityced9210 5 жыл бұрын
Marx and his writings were a gift to humanity. Rest in power comrade
@zaw408
@zaw408 7 жыл бұрын
Oooo we just hit the good stuff. Looking forward to the upcoming episodes!!
@ryanmalloy969
@ryanmalloy969 7 жыл бұрын
EAT THE RICH. THATS WHY HIS NAME IS BUFFET, HE WANTS TO BE EATEN!!!!
@KoruGo
@KoruGo 5 жыл бұрын
VORE THE RICH!
@moreno4821
@moreno4821 4 жыл бұрын
YEET THE RICH!
@jeffsingleton88
@jeffsingleton88 4 жыл бұрын
id rather eat you
@prachetsalkade7571
@prachetsalkade7571 4 жыл бұрын
BASED.
@andreferrer9350
@andreferrer9350 5 жыл бұрын
Dear lord, even his explanation of feudalism is simplistic. Even with all the exploration and too high taxes, people lived within feuds for protection, the feudal lord did not "just rob their food"
@hafizusmantariq5160
@hafizusmantariq5160 7 жыл бұрын
IT WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL IF YOU GUYS PROVIDE THE TEXT FILE OF THAT LECTURE TOO, AFTER ALL IN EXAMS WE HAVE TO WRITE THINGS UP, BY HAVING NOTES OF THE LECTURE IT WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND IT IN DEPTH AND EASILY.
@SomethingImpromptu
@SomethingImpromptu 7 жыл бұрын
As a student of a lot of libertarian Marxists (as well as anarchists), I have to say, you broke down historical materialism quite well.
@ghostghastly3898
@ghostghastly3898 7 жыл бұрын
Great video comrades 😉 jokes aside this series has been awesome, I'm so glad crash course was willing to cover such a spicy topic. Shout out to the host too!
@jcaites
@jcaites 5 жыл бұрын
like yatzhee croshaw- just take out all the punctuation and you can cut half the time.
@oldfashionedmodern
@oldfashionedmodern 2 жыл бұрын
Not the first time I am exposed to Marxism, but this one is really well explained and it doesn't just simplify topics. Great summary.
@jimv7653
@jimv7653 7 жыл бұрын
She is awesome, Sociology needs more people like her, and less angry/divisive professors- I was very skeptical upon seeing the title of this video, given everything you see on the news on campuses etc, but was very pleasantly surprised .....Sociology is an important subject that's being corrupted, and desperately needs level headed teachers who won't stir up anger among the students
@obidianudokem858
@obidianudokem858 5 жыл бұрын
PLEASE MAKE MORE CRASH COURSE VIDEOS. BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL. I am learn so much. Desipte what everyelse says.
@Maconhaepaz
@Maconhaepaz 6 жыл бұрын
OMG, it makes total sense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll look more into it, and try to understand better this perspective on history/society/economy.
@kerryannegarnick1846
@kerryannegarnick1846 Жыл бұрын
As a Marxist, this is a good summary.
@alorikkoln
@alorikkoln 4 жыл бұрын
I think that, even a capitalist republican would agree with this. I certainly do.
@ruoweilim7334
@ruoweilim7334 7 жыл бұрын
you know what it's great that the new sociology course seems to be sparking discord; we're all playing into the very core of what sociology is anyway. so keep on battling guys, thanks for proving the point :)
@KevinsDisobedience
@KevinsDisobedience 7 жыл бұрын
Really well done. Packed with information, and not watered down. Great!
@YellowSub0
@YellowSub0 4 жыл бұрын
I love these videos. They have definitely helped me study for my sociology exam which is in 10 minutes. Thank you.
@smokahontaas
@smokahontaas 7 жыл бұрын
do you ever do you ever just have that one class that one freaking class that just depresses you when you think about it because OH GOD YOU HATE IT SO MUCH
@AlekYork
@AlekYork 5 жыл бұрын
The bourgeoisie class? 👀
@djivaha
@djivaha 7 жыл бұрын
Great video! Maybe should have also mentioned the alienation from products of labor in capitalism
@vermition
@vermition 7 жыл бұрын
Nice. Better video than the rest out there.
@Yxly
@Yxly 7 жыл бұрын
I hope you guys give larger space to Gramsci and the way hegemony works.
@Mrilverzinho
@Mrilverzinho 7 жыл бұрын
This is such a great series! She speaks with enthusiasm and it makes it easy to follow. keep it up!
@Drvelasco45
@Drvelasco45 7 жыл бұрын
OMG, this was so well explained. Congratz
@whatspoppin11326
@whatspoppin11326 5 жыл бұрын
If all the people teaching crash course came together they could deadass take over the world
@Montythedog123
@Montythedog123 6 жыл бұрын
this is the best series yet. I literally read the communist manifesto, the German ideology, alienation etc. and I didn't get it until now. So thank you for this
@smoage
@smoage 7 жыл бұрын
This straightforward analysis is rare and refreshing.
@danferno
@danferno 7 жыл бұрын
There are more comments saying the comment section is gonna be a mess than the actual mess.
@kshinji
@kshinji 4 жыл бұрын
to be honest, it's very surprising, because the comments section looks as if there were next to people who disagree with Marx, which is not true, seeing as how Marx was definitely not, as the woman implied, the greatest sociologist or whatever, but rather a bubbling buffoon
@sydneyeorr9793
@sydneyeorr9793 6 жыл бұрын
when you are in uni, But still come to crash course for Essay help... also, you need to make an anthropological Crash Course!!!
@paulalancaster1
@paulalancaster1 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this very clear explanation of Marx and his conflict theory. I've heard it many times before in many contexts and it always seemed kind of mumbo-jumbo. This lecture was crystal clear with several ah-ha moments of comprehension for me. Thank you. Also, as a member of the "hard sciences", I've always been suspicious of sociology's ambition to be considered a science. This course is very illuminating for me in that regard. I feel grateful for the efforts of all those involved.
@RobertoRuizPhilosophyMonkey
@RobertoRuizPhilosophyMonkey 6 жыл бұрын
For a ten-minute video, this was a ridiculously good introduction to Marx's ideas! Great job, CrashCourse!!!
@juangarduno9431
@juangarduno9431 6 жыл бұрын
It is a didactic explanation of a complex (and conflicting) topic. Congratulations
@boomynameisjadee
@boomynameisjadee 4 жыл бұрын
I already knew we needed to eat the rich but this confirmed it
@Lwy556
@Lwy556 7 жыл бұрын
intersectionality theory is going to be an awesome class! can't wait :)
@sgtpepper138
@sgtpepper138 7 жыл бұрын
Hey this video is missing from the CC Sociology Playlist. Thanks for making these kickass videos! I'm learning so much and you guys are a huge asset to lifelong learners and curious people. Happy to be a patron. :)
@lncerante
@lncerante 5 жыл бұрын
Wow, I will actually keep this video to share when I want to explain marxism to someone
@yj9032
@yj9032 Жыл бұрын
Marx’s other works are very profound. Like the theory on alienation of labour and his interpretations of Hegel.
@dodge3562
@dodge3562 7 жыл бұрын
This is a great channel
@plifal7799
@plifal7799 7 жыл бұрын
Because we're starting on socialism, will we be continuing with this? Talking about Bernstein, Luxemburg and Kautsky?
@realscummy
@realscummy 7 жыл бұрын
PlifalTV Luxemburg is bae
@helinajeandupa9534
@helinajeandupa9534 7 жыл бұрын
wow.. thank you so, so much!!!! this video made me understand Marx's historical materialism. again, thank you.
@dennisvieira1299
@dennisvieira1299 7 жыл бұрын
Don't forget to update the Playlist, I lobe in Brazil and this is such an interesting theme right now
@ThEmWaWaWaWoMaN
@ThEmWaWaWaWoMaN 7 жыл бұрын
thanks for finally talking about conflict theory at 9:50
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