Thus we conclude racism, as the 1st characteristic of morbid occupation competition of capitalist imperialism. However, it was not the only factor contributed in the morbid competition, or in other words it was combined with another institution to influence the whole: the division of classes. In Heart of Darkness, the Marlove's witnesses, the white man employees of the corporation were doctors, accountants, managers, workplace supervisors, sea captains and so on; they were in a higher level of workers, managing and supervising the productivity of local labours. The white man employees mostly belong to the class of management. While the black man employees were all kinds of physical workers: mine workers, luggage carriers, coal movers on ship and so on. They sold or were forced to sell their labour in exchange a tiny bit of money with maltreats. They belonged to the class of labour worker. Hence, division of class, is the 2nd characteristic, together with racism, has badly influence the morbid occupation competition in the context of capitalist imperialism. /w5~ O:
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Occupation competition was not only between different races and classes of employees but also in the same group. Among white man employees the management, competition was intense. While After Marlove's landing on Cango, many clerks once knew him was sent by the management to search for Kurtz, the lost excellent trading post master, they appeared to be very interested, nervous in the surface and extremely jealous in the deep side of their hearts. For example, a manager that Marlove met when he touched the 1st trading post of Cango, described Kurtz as "The chief of the inner station" and "He is a prodigy... An emissary of pity and silence and progress" , but inside his heart he wanted Kurtz to die as quickly as possible and he just praised Kurtz to please Marlove because he thought Marlove was some big shot sent by the management and may bring him benefits. While Marlove straightly pointed out what he thought, "When Mr. Kurtz is General Manager...you won't have the opportunity." _'CYS3-P3
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Similarly, there are many other evidences in the book to prove the competition among white man employees, the class of management was intense and selfish, which extremely negatively influence human relationship. While Marlove found a former assistant of Kurtz the Russian, he told the Russian a secret discussion he had heard from the manager we mentioned in previous paragraph. In the discussion, the manager suggested to hang the Russian, because he was similarly crazy as Kurtz was that threatened the place of the manager. From here, we can see how different between people's words and thoughts - their hypocrisy and greed while seeking a higher position in the corporation. They did not mind to hurt others in order to maximize personal interest in the context of imperialist capitalism. C r A7lu'
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In the book, before the talk between Marlove and the Russian, Marlove's ship carring the clerks helping to search for Kurtz was attacked by locals. People thought it was a purely hostile attack organized against white man, while Surprisingly, later the Russian divulged that it was Kurtz himself to order the attack, in order to stop people from taking him back to the corporation, because he thought people would harm him and take his place. Such mistrust again revealed the morbid occupation competition among the white men. WUEjWJA-MB
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By the conditions of white man employees we mentioned above: hypocrisy, expelling each other in occupation and mistrust together form the 3rd characteristic of morbid occupation competition at that period: the intense and unrestricted individual competition, which was the fundamental factor. And it is inspired by the economic system of capitalism, the free economy. p\>im +0oh
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Based on the intense and unrestricted individual competition of capitalism, intensified by racism and the division of classes, the morbid occupation competition in the context of imperialist capitalism not only existed at that time, but also continues now. By the globalization of economy, and the expansion of free market. Capitalism is improving itself. Developed countries after each economic crisis would consider to strengthen the government intervention to control the free economy, to control the intense individual competition. Meanwhile, more and more developing countries are accepting and encouraging the concept of individual competition. It is clearly positive in improving social productivity for them. But without a equally strong experiences and institution to control the dark side of free economy, is it equally dangerous for social morality and fairness to encourage personal competition? Would this encouragement also damage the common traditional collectivistic economy in developing country? Is this damage a bless or curse? Whatever, we have to try our best to control individualism in occupation competition, to guide it to develop on a more healthy road, to search for the harmony between individual benefit and common wealth; unless we want the "Man Eat Man" phenomenon in the age of imperialism came back to present society in a new form. Bu%TTbnz_G
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