Marx- The Communist Manifesto

What is the economic condition of the bourgeoisie? What is the economic condition of the proletariat?

The economic condition of the bourgeoisie people was a class of modern Capitalists, who were the employers of most production wade labor. They were wealthy and owned property. They discovered new land of America giving more advantages to their markets and trades. The bourgeoisie group controlled most of the marketability in the area and made it difficult for the proletariats to survive. The proletariats did not have any knowledgeable ideas for improving productions; they could only offer their skills in labor. They supported themselves just to get by and as the bourgeoisie group created machines to replace the proletariat workers, they didn’t need them anymore. “Of all the classes that stand face to face with the bourgeoisie today the proletariat alone is a really revolutionary class. The other classes decay and finally disappear in the face of Modern Industry; the proletariat is its special and essential product”. (Marx 365). Even though the lower working class is worse in economic condition Marx suggest that in the end the Proletariat is the better class of individuals. Marx states “Though not in substance, yet in form, the struggle of the proletariat with the bourgeoisie is at first a national struggle. The Proletariat of each country must, of course, first of all settle matters with its own bourgeoisie”. (366). The laboring class must form a union within its common land and proceed to join together after settling within its own country.

Works Cited
Marx, Karl. "The Communist Manifesto." A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers. Ed. Lee A. Jacobus. Trans. Samuel Moore. 7th ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2006. pp353-379.