HIST 2030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Proletariat, The Communist Manifesto, Bourgeoisie
Document Summary
Mankind is on a path to freedom. The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles . Different legal orders, many social ranks: but then, class revolution led by bourgeoisie (capitalists): The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations : capitalism- new capitalist system is necessary; it provides great wealth, and new machines. But capitalism is unstable; it will fall: the bourgeoisie forged the weapons that bring death to itself why is it unstable: it creatws a massive underclass of factory workers who own nothing. Only two classes left: bourgeoisie and the proletariat: communism- the proletariats are destined to lead the revolution against capitalism. Revolution must be pushed forward; shouldn"t sit back and wait. Don"t need to wait for stage 2.
