- "The bourgeoisie cannot exist without constantly revolutionizing the - instruments of production, and thereby the relations of production, - and with them the whole relations of society. Conservation of the - old modes of production in unaltered form was, on the contrary, the - first condition of existence for all earlier industrial classes. - Constant revolutionizing of production, uninterrupted disturbance of - all social conditions, everlasting uncertainty and agitation - distinguish the bourgeois epoch from all earlier ones. All fixed, - fast-frozen relations, with their train of ancient and venerable - prejudices and opinions, are swept away, all new-formed ones become - antiquated before they can ossify. All that is solid melts into air, - all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face - with sober senses his real condition of life and his relations with - his kind." - Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto -- -
In this quote by Karl Marx, he explains a very troublesome element of -capitalist society: "all that is solid melts into air." This, according -to Marx, is necessitated by the bourgeoisie. This is true in that in -order to obtain profits from new markets, the bourgeoisie must find a -way to commercialize every aspect of our lives, to continuously -revolutionize them. This is, effectively, the task of the entrepreneur, -who is always looking for new markets to commercialize. This is often -thought of as a good thing, as due to the expansion of Liberalism we've -become accustomed to it, but it has very sinister consequences when left -to its own devices without any restrictions or moral direction. Perhaps -the most obvious case of the sinister nature of this trait of Capitalism -is in the emergence of dating applications/websites.
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