Philosophy 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Bourgeoisie, Aristocracy, Progressive Tax
20 Mar 2016
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02/26/2013 (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) out? (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1: the extent of communism. No communist society has ever been successful. Have any of those societies actually fulfilled the criteria that marx sets: political theory, three classes. Bourgeoisie: the owners, have money and power. Aristocracy: the rich, don"t contribute to economy: class welfare. The history of society is nothing more than a struggle of one class against another (cid:1) Marx views modern society as a struggle between bourgeoisie and proletarian forces (cid:1) (cid:1: before industrial revolution. The economy was dominated by small businesses where the owner" and the worker" were usually the same person (cid:1: industrial revolution, large factories, machinery. Bad working conditions: people move to cities, ownership of the means of production by the bourgeoisie. Small number of people own the property and factories: miserable conditions of life. Workers are treated as a means to an end, not an end in themselves.
