Proletariat

dictates the fate of the civilization. Marx attempted to place the means of production, including factories, into control of the people who operated the means of production(proletariat), and not just the owners of it (bourgeois). In Marx’s vision, society is driven not by spirituality, but by material objects. The proletariat and bourgeois may have ambivalent views on the division of wealth, but ultimately, the owners of the means of production make the decision. The

Derek Ding Economy Ms. Walsh Period D Adam Smith and Karl Marx Adam Smith and Karl Marx are famous for their influential and prominent theories about economics. Two difference thoughts indeed are contributions that can change the world. In Adam Smith 's “Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, he introduced an idea where producers work in ways they want and get paid by how much work they put in. In other words, they can set up prizes that they think

The aim of the capitalist (bourgeoisie) is to expand capital in such as surplus value (profit), rents or interest. (www.uregina.ca, 2013) The proletariat is described as a free class. Individuals in this category depend on the capitalists (bourgeoisie) to earn their wages. The proletariats own no property and they had to therefore sell their labour force to the capitalist. Marx indicates that it is then when the exploitation of the workers begin. According to Marx

control over the working class. Even today ideas such as classism and commodification are used in countries such as North Korea and Syria to help governments rule over their citizens. In George Orwell’s 1984 the ideas of Marxism are used to oppress proletariats. The Party tricks the citizens of Oceania into thinking that their propaganda benefits the working class, classism is used as a means of allowing the Party and its associates more power and control than the average citizen, and people under the

the people to their oppression, and family is used to socialize the acceptance of oppression into the young people of the proletariat at a young age. Meanwhile, Durkheim sees religion as a platform to call together the people of the entire society under a common moral code. Marx’s concept that capitalism depends on alienation for create a rift between the members of the proletariat, contrasted my Durkheim’s solidarity that holds society together because of the bond it creates making the interdependence

confession…” However, the story does not portray Germany as a glorious country, because it tells the truth. By evaluating the book from a Marxist perspective, there is a lot to be interpreted about the relationships in the book. The bourgeoisie and proletariat classes are clearly defined in the story and the relationship between the classes is well represented

the repulsiveness of the work increases, the wage decreases” (8-9). The proletariat now is not only a slave of the bourgeois class, they are also daily and hourly slave by the machine. Because of this many children, women and old people started to become part of the proletariat, the need of a source of income was a necessity that consequently made the low division of the middle class to also fall progressively into the proletariat. Profit is an embellished word used by capitalists for

comes from a theme of capitalism presupposed fundamentally evil and flawed system because it relies on an exploitation structure. For example the bourgeoisie who own the production and tear down the proletariat who does the labor. Marx’s view is that the capitalist system is put on the backs of the proletariat, who do not get sufficient rewards for their labor. His hypothesis is that the difference between the economic classes of society is the surplus labor, which comes from the producer itself. In

their products. It seems odd to apply a theory that was composed during the nineteenth century to this modern-day store, yet this theory is still relevant in current times. Karl Marx’s idea of capitalism and division between the bourgeoisie and proletariat are applicable to the corporation of Wal-Mart. Marx has predicted the global expansion of capitalism (Dillion 35). Wal-Mart in their own rights has created a self-image of being a global company. They have expanded their market internationally

commodities for sale. In a capitalist society, this means that the labourer takes a wage for the exact amount of time he or she has put into production. The class system is thus organized into the bourgeoisie, who own the means of production, and the proletariat, who must sell their labour in order to