Global Distributive Justice

The Marxist Perspective

The Global Capitalist

Machine

Rich countries own the means of

production even beyond their own borders
Out of their wealth, they manipulate poorer
countries, and force them to take loans
which they cant afford to pay back

Cosmopolitanism

Marx was anti-nationalist

He believed that global society worked
on a horizontal, not a vertical scale.
Communities were made out of
classes, not countries, i.e. The working
class of Russia are on a par with the
working class of Jamaica and England,
whilst another community is made of
the ruling classes of these countries

Workers of the world, unite

Marx would encourage an overthrow of

global capitalism, leading to one equal
society within which the means and
resulting goods of production were
fairly distributed and commonly owned

Issues with the Marxist view

Its extremely idealistic- one huge society

on a global scale seems extremely
impractical
Everyone cant live in one place, and
different areas have different resources
Distributing these equally on a global
level would require an administration that
would effectively become a new state.
Such a state would most likely become
exploitative and uncontrollable

Judgement

In an ideal world, Marxs socialism would be

the preferable option
However, it seems extremely impractical on a
global scale
Since everyone lives in different places, Marxs
ideals would be best implemented in a number
of small, co-dependent societies with
individual methods of organisation
On the whole, the Marxist perspective seems
largely problematic because of the intrinsic
selfishness of basic human nature