Next, when the family goes to buy a house, the ad shows it as being new and disguises all the hidden costs. In realization, the house is 15 years old, has had several familys live in it. The deal which they signed on the house had many hidden expenses such as interest and insurance, so the family is forced to scrounge and save to make ends meet. ... The total loss of family and tradition is an under appreciated reason of why Jurgis breaks down and comes to the light of socialism. He loses his connection to Marija and Teta Elzbieta, and also the death of Ona, his son Antanas and the runawa...
Lawhead says that Marx had a theory in which the worker's day is split into two parts. First, the hours that are spent making the product, whose total value, is equivalent to support himself and his family. ... Marx says that capitalism split's the capitalist system into two parts. ...
During the depression, thousands of American citizens joined the communist party for economic answers. By the end of World War II, most had withdrawn, though some were still communist party members. The cold war had affected the United States because the fear of communist conspiracy took over the ...