HISTORY 250 Chapter Notes - Chapter Book 1: Wage Labour, Proletariat, Bourgeoisie
26 Sep 2016
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Marx and engels manifesto of the communist party. Communism is acknowledged by all european powers and it is time for communists to promote their views. Technological progress and economic development created political advancement creating the bourgeoisie class (originally an oppressed class under feudal nobility and royal monarchs; they replaced feudal society) The bourgeoisie established industry and free trade which has developed into brutal, direct exploitation of the working class. The modes of production must constantly be revolutionized (cid:449)ith (cid:862)u(cid:374)i(cid:374)terrupti(cid:374)g distur(cid:271)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e of all so(cid:272)ial (cid:272)o(cid:374)ditio(cid:374)s(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)e(cid:448)erlasti(cid:374)g u(cid:374)(cid:272)ertai(cid:374)ty(cid:863: proletariat = modern wage laborers without means of production of their own, must sell labor power to live. Low strata of the middle class have become part of the proletariat as (cid:862)(cid:373)oder(cid:374) i(cid:374)dustry(cid:863) gets (cid:271)igger and bigger and employs more people. As modern industry grows, the laborer sinks deeper below the necessary conditions to exist (exploitation)
