Proletariat - taken from a Latin term for the "Lowest" working class of Rome, by way of the French version of it.
The idea of a working class consciousness originated with Karl Marx. He believed that the working class was unfairly treated by the rich ruling class.
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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.
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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.
Proletariat.
Karl Marx viewed life as a struggle between social classes, particularly between the bourgeoisie (the ruling class) and the proletariat (the working class). He believed that life under capitalism led to alienation and exploitation of the working class, and he advocated for a classless society where the means of production are collectively owned.
Karl Marx believed that history is a continuous battle between the ruling class (bourgeoisie) and the working class (proletariat) over control of resources and power. He argued that this struggle was intrinsic to the capitalist system, where the exploitation of the labor of the working class by the ruling class created conflict and inequality.
All those who have to work for wages, i.e. have to sell their labour power to an employer in return for a wage.
Marx called them proletarians as individuals and proletariat as a societal class.
workers' salary demands would be ignored by factory owners