Karl Marx On Bourgeois

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Of course Marx's view of bourgeois is inaccurate. He views their emergence from a purely economic standpoint. According to Marx, bourgeois only gained power because they were able to produce more than other people. Still, while this ability to produce did help advance society in the sense that there will be more products in the market, it did not necessarily improve the lives of the common person. This is because not everyone was able to take advantage of the new machinery and so a majority of people were left to just working the machinery as they could not compete with it. New factories did bring new jobs, but these extra jobs were not a blessing because while the positions were basically for everyone, they were often very dangerous and, as

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