THEO1090 Study Guide - Final Guide: Proletariat
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Marx says the bourgeoisie are their own gravediggers: proletariat exposed to all problems of competition and all fluctuations of the market increase the inequalities of wealth: rich strive to become richer while the poor become poorer revolutionary class because have no interest in maintaining the status quo, and only way to escape it is by disrupting it/by overthrowing the bourgeoisie says the middle class wouldn"t join the revolution b/c have too much interest in surviving in the status quo, they have something to lose (whereas the poor have nothing to lose) Communism then will be the end of history, the inevitable result of the set point of no return (the rich can"t get any more richer, the poor can"t get any more poorer: you"ll be free to finally work for yourself, wealth will not be a motivating factor, you will not have to be reduced as a human being to giving your word to an employer.
