POLS 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: E. H. Carr, The Communist Manifesto, Class Conflict
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Eh carr, writes this right before the great depression starts. States are trying to have interdependent economics. Humanity struggle with the haves and have nots. Haves - bougies -> people who own factories, accountants, Have nots - proletarians -> majority of the people. These people lives are hard and short. Most of the money made by these people are going to the bougie. Third layers - pretty bougies (shop owners but not rich enough to own employees) Marx wants the people to rise up. Wrong on location -> role of vanguard class. The tip of the spear, help organize, start the process. Marx and engle had a call to action. Marxism as a theory has fallen out of favor after post modernism. Many people found this revolution to be attractive for political call to action. Core - the most economic and socially prosperious.