POLI 232 Chapter Notes -Proletariat, Class Conflict, Bourgeoisie

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Believes that capitalism pits to classes against one another: the proletariat the working class, essentially provides the labour capital to the corporate machine. Competition between the proletariat drives down the wages and working conditions, which is conducive to advancing the bourgeoisie"s agenda: the bourgeoisie the owner class that rises to power as the result of the proletariat power struggles. Sole goal of the bourgeoisie is profit, that is, to extract the excess revenue from the proletariat. The struggles between the proletariat and bourgeoisie lead to the formation of unions and riots: communism is the only solution, according to marx, for this class struggle. The strength of the communism party would result in a classless society.

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