"Money and the power" (Coolio, Gangsta's Paradise). In his song, the rap artist Coolio sings a line identifying money with power. This power that money gives the possessor is something that is spoken of and speculated by many, including Karl Marx. In his manuscript, "The Power of Money", Karl Marx expresses his beliefs on the power of money which are easily reflected in today's society.
In our society, college students depend on money to fund their education, regardless of the lack of any vocation. "I am brainless, but money is the real brain of all things and how then should its possessor be brainless?"(Marx) Despite any semblance of intelligence, a rich person can have a good education simply because the funds are readily available to that person. With this money, a person finds that they are not limited to any particular institution of higher learning and can seek far and wide for the finest establishment, whereas, without the money, a person would not have that power and would have to settle with what they could afford, if they could afford any degree at all.
A portrait of Karl Marx.
Karl Marx birthplace in Trier, Germany - Brückens...
Karl & his daughter Jenny Marx"He can buy clever people for himself, and is he who has a power over the clever not more clever than the clever" (Marx). Money is the ultimate intelligence. Wielding vast sums of money can enable a person to have under his command a multitude of people to do all the hard thinking for him. "The extent of the power of money is the extent of my power" (Marx). If a person has the right amount of money, that person can join in any of the Greek organizations on campus which are essentially ways to buy friends. If a student has enough money, that student can be in the best sorority or the...