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To complete the assignment: you will write a response to the question below. You are to do the reading first (attached below), and use only the materials in the reading to help you with the response. It should be 3-4 paragraphs long, and in the last paragraph you should raise a possible discussion question.
Respond to this question: What are false needs? What is sublimation? Do these ideas resonate more or less today?
Marx argues that ownership of the means of production is the primary source of inequality in capitalism. The Weber readings from this week suggest that other forms of ownership and control over scarce resources remain equally, if not, more important than one’s relationship to the means of production. How would each explain the tremendous economic power generated by Silicon Valley firms in recent years?