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| capitalism refers to epoch (historical period) in which there is a class system in which the proletariat (working class) is exploited by the bourgeoisie (social class who owns means to production and capital) |
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- working class
- owns only their capacity to work and are trapped in the "idiocy of rural life" |
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| social class who owns means to production and capital |
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| an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state |
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| Historical/Dialectical Materialism |
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history and events happen from CLASS STRUGGLES in society --> PROGRESSIVE CLASSES arise that are related to new forms of production and conflict with the old --> NEW FORMS OF SOCIETY arise to adjust when progressive classes win power
class struggles --> progressive classes --> new society |
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| way in which new classes win power |
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| bourgeois democratic revolution |
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| way in which capitalist class wins power over feudal class; replaces face-to-face feudal relationship with "cash nexus" (depersonalized connection b/t employees and employers) |
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- capitalism creates proletariat who have nothing to sell but their labor
- Marx belives must be violent because bourgeoisie will not give up power by their free will |
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| In capitalism, the proletariat is the progressive class which is destined to overthrow capitalism and establish socialism, which will eventually evolve into communism. |
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| In capitalism, the proletariat is the progressive class which is destined to overthrow capitalism and establish socialism, which will eventually evolve into communism. |
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Tribal: hunter-gatherers (classless)
Ancient: Rome/Greece, master dictates slave
Feudalism: offering land in exchange for goods/labor (nobility rules)
Capitalism: trade and industry controlled by private owners rather than state (bourgeoisie rules)
Socialism: public ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange (proletariat rules)
Communism: ownership of all property ascribed to state (classless) |
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