, or land. For example, if you were in the lower class you would be the ones doing the grunt work in the production line. The higher you get in the production line the higher you climb up the social ladder ultimately reaching the elites. The higher classed people, or Bourgeoisie, were the owners of the production line. The working class, or Proletariat, did not own the production line; instead they sold their manpower to the bourgeoisie, to work at the factories. (Britannica, M 578).These two main classes did not see eye to eye on issues about the road that the industrial revolution was going. The Bourgeoisie sought after greater riches through higher profits from their companies. On the other hand, the proletariat sought better working conditions, and an equal share of the wealth, of which the bourgeoisie had the Lions share. The two interests of these two classes were opposed and could not be solved within the confines of capitalism. This was one of the many contradictions that eventually lead to the replacement of capitalism by socialism. (Brian, Excerpt).Marx argued that what they all have in common is the fact that they are all Products of human labor. It is human labor that has created them and it is the amount of human labor that goes into them that determines value. He writes: "The value of one commodity is to the value of any other, as the labor time necessary for the production of one is to the other."( Das Capital)This, however, leaves the rather bizarre situation in which the lazy worker, taking their time about making a commodity, makes a commodity worth much more than the commodity made by a hard working efficient worker. If this was the case then employers would be sacking their diligent workers while telling the rest to go as slow as they can. Instead of Right-Wing politicians lambasting the poor for being lazy they would be lambasting them for being too hard working. This is not, however, what determines the value o...
