Moving Beyond Capitalism (But Not Through Socialism)

Before you read this post, you have to watch this video:

When you’re done watching, read on. I’ll wait for you.
Okay, finished watching? Good. Now I have a few things to say. But before I start, I want to share the first thing I wrote down when I first watched this:
I’m still [...]

Rearranging Ketchup Bottles

He still works there.
Every day I see him, rearranging the ketchup bottles. Except on weekends. He has weekends off.
I wonder if he ever notices me watching him. Today, he wore black jeans. His face reminds me of how old these college grounds are. There is a building on campus that was built before the civil [...]

Getting My Feet Wet

Maybe it is just that I had a particularly odd way of growing up, but I was never taught as a child that I should wear “shower shoes” while in the shower. It was never a concern for me.
Throughout the many years, I have taken many, many showers, yet in not a single one of [...]

Marx’s Communist Manifesto: What Happened to the End of History?

The following is an assigned essay which was completed for a grade. Unfortunately, some formatting has been lost in the transition to LJ.
Eric J. Herboso
Fr. Williams
English 243
Tuesday, November 25, 2003.
Marx’s Communist Manifesto:
What Happened To The End Of History?
The world has progressed a long way since the first publication of Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto. Many ideas [...]

Niccolò Machiavelli: Morality Via Human Nature

The following is an assigned essay which was completed for a grade. Unfortunately, some formatting has been lost in the transition to LJ.
Eric J. Herboso
ENG 243
Father Williams
22 October, 2003
Niccolò Machiavelli:
Morality Via Human Nature
Machiavelli. The very name brings up an image of harshness at its basest, of hatred of “true” ethics, and of a man that [...]

Capital, Volume One: “Production of Relative Surplus Value”

The following is an assigned essay which was completed for a grade. Unfortunately, some formatting has been lost in the transition to LJ.
Eric J. Herboso
18 September, 2003
Capital, Volume One: “Production of Relative Surplus Value”
In Karl Marx’s Capital, Volume One, Marx explores many different ideas, all of which argue against one basic concept: capitalism. In Part [...]