POL SCI 6C Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Taco, Lumpenproletariat, Proletariat
25 Jan 2018
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This is how the proletariat was formed: with the development of industry, the strength of the proletariat actually increases as well, because the unions are growing. Class structure has simplified to become 2 separate parties. Part of the bourgeoisie might jump ship and join the revolution, according to marx and engles. Lumpenproletariat: comparable to today"s welfare class, which they (marx and. Proletariat movement is moving in the general interest of workers, the 99%. The finalization of the revolution will be the end of history. Our perception of the wealthy has changed--we called them innovators and entrepreneurs. On society: most of the time, people will do what is expected of them. It"s overwhelmingly obvious when you think about it enough. You spend your time going along with the flow rather than acting as the independent thinker you say you are. Critical collective value of a democratic system: it receives input so it can do a better job.
