I didn't do a search because not many people talk about Marx. I doubt very seriously this has ever been posted. Karl Marx defined Capitalism as exploitation. The operative word in the first paragraph "Capitalism appeared to be fulfilling its promise". Karl Marx was supposed to be dead and buried. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and Chinas Great Leap Forward into capitalism, communism faded into the quaint backdrop of James Bond movies or the deviant mantra of Kim Jong Un. The class conflict that Marx believed determined the course of history seemed to melt away in a prosperous era of free trade and free enterprise. The far-reaching power of globalization, linking the most remote corners of the planet in lucrative bonds of finance, outsourcing and borderless manufacturing, offered everybody from Silicon Valley tech gurus to Chinese farm girls ample opportunities to get rich. Asia in the latter decades of the 20th century witnessed perhaps the most remarkable record of poverty alleviation in human history all thanks to the very capitalist tools of trade, entrepreneurship and foreign investment. Capitalism appeared to be fulfilling its promise to uplift everyone to new heights of wealth and welfare. http://business.time.com/2013/03/25/marxs-revenge-how-class-struggle-is-shaping-the-world/
