discuss Karl Marx theory of class and class struggle
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Marxists explain the history of "civilized" societies in terms of a war of classes between those who control production and those who produce the goods or services in society. In the Marxist view of capitalism, this is a conflict between capitalists (bourgeoisie) and wage-workers (the proletariat).
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Explanation:
(i) According to Karl Marx, history was not about
abstract ideas, it was about living people.
(ii) Human relationships were shaped by the
fundamental needs of people and their ownership
as well as nature of the prevalent means of
production to meet those needs.
(iii) The accessibility of these means to different
strata1
of society may not be equal.
(iv) This inequality causes a division of society into
classes, leading to a class struggle.
(v) The class that owns the means of production
economically exploits the rest of the classes.