The Rana Plaza Building Collapse in Savar suburb of Dhaka is a tragic accident which occurred on 24 April 2013 (Prashad 2013). The Rana Plaza building was the factory that housed the workers who constituted the goods for the production of garments sold in the Western market. A couple of days after the collapse, the death toll was reported to be well into triple digits. This article will draw on the details of the pre- and post-Rana Plaza collapse by linking it to the ideologies of Marx and Engels in response to the four questions and/or issues. Marx's dialectical method and thought can be used to address the question of capitalism's structural propensity to be global because it rejects the dichotomy of one or the other. Rather everything is in a constant state of change, hence the quote revealed by the instructor "the permanence of change." This adds to the idea that change is inevitable, and this explains capitalism's structural propensity to be global. Change is so bound to happen that it is an ongoing process that contributes to the natural tendency of global capitalism. For example, another quote brought up by the instructor is “you can't step into the same river twice,” which implies this very message. One can interpret this as the river, even if it is the "same" as, say, 15 minutes earlier, it is technically not the same because it is simply not the same river as 15 minutes earlier. So this constant, albeit natural, change is the main reason why capitalism is naturally global. More specifically, social change is a factor in capitalism's structural propensity to be global, and Marx's dialectical method can also be used to analyze this. For example, Marx explains how inevitable social change and its consequences will continue. It is up to the mass population to take an alternative decision in terms of action as a possible way to address the problem of globalization. Works Cited Marx, Karl and Engels, F. 1848. "The Communist Manifesto" Pp. 156-171 in Classical Sociological Theory, edited by Craig Calhoun et. al. New York: Wiley-Blackwell.Marx, Karl and Engels, F. 1847. "Wage Labor and Capital" pp. 182-189 in Classical Sociological Theory, edited by Craig Calhoun et. al. New York: Wiley-Blackwell. Germanos, Andrea. 2013. “Workers Set Factories on Fire in Demand for Living Wage to Produce 'Cheap' Globe Clothing.” Common dreams. September 23.North, Andrew. 2013. “The Dark Underworld of Bangladesh's Garment Industry.” BBC. April 26.Prashad, Vijay. 2013. “Made in Bangladesh: The Terror of Capitalism.” Counterpunch. April 26-28.
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