Marx and Engels wrote extensively in Wage Labor and Capital, dedicated to the struggle between capital and labor that drives the inevitable internationalization of the capitalist system. Marx foresaw the errors and defects of capitalism itself. In his writings, he highlights these flaws of capitalism's self-contradictory characteristics that "capitalism contains the seeds of its own destruction." At the time they were writing the Communist Manifesto, capitalism was still as they conceptualized it. be in that moment. They saw how the European discovery of America, and even more so with the industrial revolution of Great Britain and other capitalist countries, represented the hallmark of the inevitable expansion of the capitalist system. They had recognized these patterns driven by the competitive nature of capitalism and had seen the future internationalization of capitalism. The Rana Plaza incident was, in part, the result of the deteriorating political and economic state of Bangladesh itself. However, Marx and Engels' positions on global capitalism and the struggle between capital and labor can be used to analyze the characteristics of the incident and draw merit from the classical theory of contemporary issues. factories and manufacturers of goods are outsourced to underdeveloped and developing nations. The capitalist relationship between capital and labor is the cause of this movement that sees local jobs given to workers who will work for lower wages. Marx and Engels' Wage Labor and Capital piece explains the capitalist system as they saw it in 1849. However, the... medium... continues to drive global capitalism, as capitalists continue to expand and accumulate more capital. However, cost cuts on the clothes we wear come at a high price for Bangladeshi garment workers. The exploitation of vulnerable workers in a country plagued by structural problems and the dissatisfied global expansion of capitalists result in catastrophes like that of Rana Plaza. Marx and Engels wrote about the globalization of the capitalist system. The flaws of the capitalist system that would lead to its downfall seem to be true even after Rana Plaza. The resentment of those who profit from their suffering; the government, factory owners and Western retail chains have provoked riots and demands for compensation. However, until the system is completely overturned, the terrible working conditions of Bangladeshi garment workers will remain.
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