POLI 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Proletariat, Feudalism, False Consciousness
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The exploitation mechanism works on many levels. Feudal system works for (and inevitably leads to) the emergence of a bourgeois. Bourgeoisie works for emergence of a proletariat. Exploitation causes proletariats to unit; and exploitation only increases, which means proletariat forces become stronger. Crisis is averted by expansion (but this only postpones the problem) Marxism questions the legitimacy or fair that we believe. What we think is success is what people in power want us to think. One"s education system fulills our role in the model. Just because the rules are the same does not mean the game is fair. Donald trump"s father gave him a small loan of million . He operates by the same rules as us, technically. As machines modernize, less physical skills are required. Males are replaced by females, who are replaced by children. Age and sex play a role in cost of labor. One can see this in the world.