I Bourgeois And Proletarians

What is the bourgeoisie?
The bourgeoisie is the class of modern capitalists, owners of the means of social production, and employers of wage labor.

What is the proletariat?
The proletariat is the class of modern wage laborers who, having no means of production of their own, are reduced to selling their labor power in order to live.

What is the written history of all existing society?
The written history of all existing society is the history of class struggles.

What did class struggles in the written history of society consist of?
In the written history of society, class struggles consisted of oppressors and the oppressed being in constant opposition to one another.

What two outcomes were possible after a fight between the oppressors and the oppressed?
After a fight between the oppressors and the oppressed, the two possible outcomes were either:

  1. A revolutionary reconstitution of society at large.
  2. The common ruin of the contending classes.
Examples of the classes throughout history which would have been opposed to one another
  • Freeman and slave.
  • Patrician and plebian.
  • Lord and serf.
  • Guild-master and journeyman.

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