Capitalism

For this weeks post, instead of sharing videos or links that I find interesting, I  will share my personal opinion about capitalism.This is actually a funny coincidence because this year I am taking a course (If you are interested, it's IE-271) about "standardization of work" from my department. Since the beginning of the semester, our only aim is to decrease inputs(labor cost, time, money, etc.) while increasing the outputs(product, profit, etc.). In other words, increasing productivity to reach mass production level. For example, we learned how to standardize the work elements and how to get 100% efficiency from workers by motion and time studies. Additionally, as a capital owner we want to decrease the labor cost to get our maximum profit. Honestly, I haven't really looked from workers perspective until I read these texts from Marx. However, now I realize that how the capitalist system shapes us to be that selfish and careless about another's needs, desires, feelings and even about their psychologies. What do you think? Do you think learning to consider just companies profit and see workers as a machine is normal?