ntly these nations have had a profound impact on the entire worlds political and economic goals. When the proletariat rose up against their former government in the Soviet states. This rebellion is a very good example of the power of the people if they unite. The Labor Theory of Value was another major work in his evaluation of societies dependence on materialism. In this system, the bourgeoisie- capitalist exploits the worker by not giving him equal value for his labor. Let's say that you are a worker in a factory. You can produce enough products in half a work day to pay your salary. The other four hours you put in each day only produces wealth for the company. this discrepancy in what you are paid and what your efforts are worth produce social alienation. Competition within any given industry forces the company to replace workers with technology or squeeze more work out of each worker. The exploited working class is a huge group of people. Most of the worlds wealth is held by a very few. The class system was predicted to become constructed of only the very rich and the very poor. This continued exploitation will ultimately be the downfall of the capitalist system. As workers ability to reach the goals set forth by society become increasingly difficult to obtain, the bourgeoisie class will feel the pain. Once the proletariat can no longer purchase the products they produce, the overall economic system will suffer. At which point the revolution is supposed to occur, according to Marx. Our drive for material goods is what drives the capitalists greed. It seems that all the people have a part in the continuation of the domination of the working class.The difference is who's privileged and who's not. "Unrest occurs when the people see what the upper class has and they have no means to acquire those material comforts."(Seidman,1998,p.39) Marx believed this uprising would begin slowly. Individual discontent would be followed by g...
