The Pattern of Class Struggle Marx Sees Under Capitalism
Title: ‘What the bourgeoisie...produces...is its own grave-diggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable.’ Consider this statement with reference to the pattern of class struggle that Marx sees appearing under capitalism.
Through my analysis of Marx and Engel’s ‘The Communist Manifesto’ I have come to somewhat agree with their view that in the end the Proletariat always come out on top. It seems to me that it is nothing but a vicious circle . Marx comments that through our history there has always been evidence of two classes, in other words: the rich and the poor, he makes the claim that there has forever been the server and the served: “...we find almost everywhere a complicated arrangement of society into various orders, a manifold gradation of social rank.”(D.Mclellan, Marx, OUP 1977) pg 222. There has forever been a major divide, a lot of it having to do with the ownership of property, it is a part of the world we live in today and according to Marx to the world that existed before our time. However, it has evolved now showing divides in much more than the difference between rich and poor, most seem to related back to monetary value. Marx believes that there are two major groups pulling out of each other, the Bourgeoisie and the Proletariat. “Society as a whole is more and more splitting up...into two great classes directly facing each other: Bourgeoisie and Proletariat.” (D.Mclellan, Marx, OUP 1977) pg 222.
In some ways, the reason for, as Marx put it the inevitable downfall of the Bourgeois is due to the changing ways of society. He also labels the Proletariat a “revolutionary class” (D.Mclellan, Marx, OUP 1977) pg 230. He speaks of the changing ways of the working society and place emphasis of the modes of production. As most are aware, over time there has been a constant change to the practises carried out to create a product, technology nowadays plays a much larger role that that of years ago. In recent times, due
Through my analysis of Marx and Engel’s ‘The Communist Manifesto’ I have come to somewhat agree with their view that in the end the Proletariat always come out on top. It seems to me that it is nothing but a vicious circle . Marx comments that through our history there has always been evidence of two classes, in other words: the rich and the poor, he makes the claim that there has forever been the server and the served: “...we find almost everywhere a complicated arrangement of society into various orders, a manifold gradation of social rank.”(D.Mclellan, Marx, OUP 1977) pg 222. There has forever been a major divide, a lot of it having to do with the ownership of property, it is a part of the world we live in today and according to Marx to the world that existed before our time. However, it has evolved now showing divides in much more than the difference between rich and poor, most seem to related back to monetary value. Marx believes that there are two major groups pulling out of each other, the Bourgeoisie and the Proletariat. “Society as a whole is more and more splitting up...into two great classes directly facing each other: Bourgeoisie and Proletariat.” (D.Mclellan, Marx, OUP 1977) pg 222.
In some ways, the reason for, as Marx put it the inevitable downfall of the Bourgeois is due to the changing ways of society. He also labels the Proletariat a “revolutionary class” (D.Mclellan, Marx, OUP 1977) pg 230. He speaks of the changing ways of the working society and place emphasis of the modes of production. As most are aware, over time there has been a constant change to the practises carried out to create a product, technology nowadays plays a much larger role that that of years ago. In recent times, due