HIS 1123 Lecture 1: Communist Manifest
Document Summary
Industry has condensed us down to two classes: Bourgeoisie - new money; getting wealthy off of industry. Feudal lords job was to protect the serfs, and the bourgeoisie do not feel the same to their social inferiors due to capitalism. Proletariat actually has power, because they have the power to stop working and there is a power in numbers - marx wants to educate them and show them how much they can achieve. Factory workers are the main workers involved in marx"s ght, because small businesses are not exploited like other workers are. Anything the proletariat owns the bourgeoisie actually own, because the bourgeoisie own the proletariat. Marx and engel are speaking to workers in all. The aim is to unite rise above the bourgeoisie. Abolition of private property - main goal of marx. Get rid of the thing that make certain people rich and certain people poor. Owned collectively through the hands of the state.
