The two groups Karl Marx is talking about are the Bourgeoisie and the Proletariats. Karl Marx believes the Bourgeoisie will win over the Proletariats. He writes "The development of Modern Industry, therefore, cuts from under its feet the very foundation on which the bourgeoisie produces and appropriates products. What the bourgeoisie, therefore, produces above all, is its own grave-diggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable." The bourgeoise act as capitalist, making money by making the proletariats (wage labourers) work long hours for low pay. The bourgeoisie know how to make a business run and how to keep it going. The bourgeoise have power because they have the money. There might be more proletariats but they do not have the power to rise above the bourgeoisie just yet.
To let this manufacturer use my body for a tool.
This line is in reference to the Communist Manifesto because Marx and James Taylor both describes humans being used as a tool/machine by someone who is in power/wealthy/owner of a business.
Mercedes Benz by Janis Joplin is not meant to be a serious song.
Megan, Marx does NOT predict that the Bourg. will win! Read it again. Also, you've only addressed a small part of the blog prompt. No songs, no pictures. Need to do the WHOLE assignments.
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