Although Karl Marx called members of the upper class the "bourgeoisie," the two terms are not synonymous. The bourgeoisie are the people who own and control the means of production, not just the upper class. People may be in the upper class if they are wealthy like professional people and shopowners, but they are not part of Marx's bourgeoisie, because they do not own the means of production of good and they don't employ workers in factories.
Likewise, the term "proletariat" does not equate exactly to the "lower class."
Workers would eventually overthrow the upper class
Individuals from the working class and lower middle class are more likely to agree with Karl Marx's theories in sociology. Marx's ideas emphasize the struggle between social classes and the exploitation of the working class by the capitalist class, which resonates more with those who are at the lower end of the social hierarchy.
The upper class in the united states does not have a special name. Most people simply refer to the upper class as the 'upper class' or just 'rich people'. Some call it the capitalist class, but this is not common.
Capitalism and religion. Marx rejected the economic system of Capitalism because it resulted (among other reasons) in the oppression of the masses by the owners of the means of production or upper class. He also rejected religion calling it the opium of the people inflicted upon them by the upper class to keep them under control.
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Karl Marx and his followers called religion the "opium of the people." He concluded religion is used by the upper class to give false hope to the lower class.
No. The working class, or Proletariat, was oppressed by the upper class, which he called the Bourgeoisie. Marx gave paid very little attention to the middle class, which he called the petty bourgeoisie, feeling that the middle class was more apt to aspire to be part of the upper class than the lower class.
The Roman upper class was called the patricians.
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No. For all the theorizing Marx did that the excesses of capitalism would lead to its own destruction, usher in an era of socialism and eventually improve the plight of the working class, Marx has been proved wrong. Capitalism is still flourishing even in so called socialist and communist countries. The situation of the working class has actually improved with better working conditions, minimum wage scales and limits on the standard length of a typical work week. A large "middle class" that Marx disregarded as neglible then emerged and lessened the level of "oppression" of the working class by the upper class.
Karl Marx referred to the owners of capital as the bourgeoisie, who controlled the means of production and exploited the labor of the proletariat, the working class. Marx critiqued the capitalist system for perpetuating inequality and alienation between these two social classes.
According to Karl Marx, the working class was called the proletariat. They were the group of individuals who sold their labor for wages in order to survive, and Marx believed they were exploited by the capitalist class.