Analysis Of The Entropy Of Capitalism By Robert Biel

In our society today, there is one thing that resonates with us like nothing else… money. The thing that can give us everything we want and make all our dreams come true. Yet, it’s not that easy, we have to earn money, and we have to work for it. They tell us that the harder we work the more we will succeed and the more money we will make. They tell us that we have to be better than those around us if we want to be the ones that make the most money. We call this incredible system capitalism, and it has eradicated our humanity, twisted our morals, and justified the unjustifiable. Capitalism has allowed for the abuse of workers, abuse of students, and abuse of societies.

First, we begin at the conception of the problem, the student. Within any

Understanding this relationship is key to having an aerial view of what is happening in the world and it what it means for the average person. At its core capitalism feeds on the varied interests of its participants this notion becomes exponentially more powerful when we take a large-scale approach and look at society. To get an idea of how this concept plays out We look towards “The Entropy of Capitalism.”by Robert Biel. Biel looks at the notion of security and how it interacts with capitalist logic stating that “what the ruling discourse call security actually makes the world less secure… such that capitalism’s own failure becomes the justification for an entrenchment of its dominance” (169). To give insight into the modern imprint that capitalism has on a global scale Biel looks at terrorism and argues that “The notion of a terrorist enemy here functions as a smokescreen under which the system can prepare its own terroristic clampdown on dissent in the face of approaching crisis” (175). This is because of the simple nature of entropy everything tends towards disorder and the same applies in the scenario, as the world moves towards disorder capitalism which is contingent upon a set order finds itself threatened and to defend itself lashes out attempting to force order down upon people. However, it must be noted that the idea of entropy focuses on natural movement and as a result, capitalism is unnatural. This idea of capitalism being unnatural explains why the attempt to slow down disorder comes with such violent consequences. Biel goes on to provide an analogy for bagging the mess which he states, “is a great analogy for the war on terror’a category into which you can stuff every inconvenient actor or situation.” These notions define our reality and yet society remains misguided and unaware of the underlying cause of these