SOCIOL 120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Ancient Greek, Marxism, Bourgeoisie
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Why political party that was a revolutionary political party was needed. What the party was going to be about. Specter of communism (even before a worker political party, ruling classes afraid of them) (spread rumors that cause fear) City of econ life was in countryside in feudalism before capitalism. Why marxism did not catch on was due to racial slavery in u. s. (white workers felt that they already had a image of what a slave was) Did not succeed because they did not know what to do next. New lord would come in with army and kill rebels and expand their own land. No interest in revolution and only rebellion. They created markets (changes relations of production) (feudal lord did not buy or sell but only ripped off peasants) Established free labor in cities = more production in scale (produce ton more than feudalism could) (being paid wages for their labor) (freedom in the city)
