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Karl Marx did not say the "middle class" oppressed any group. Marx said the "bourgeoisie" (owners and controllers of the means of production) oppressed the "proletariat" (wage employees who own only the right to sell their own labors). The term "middle class" as we know it today was not a Marxian term.
The bourgeoisie, however, did not rule any nation . This class had rulers that were sympathetic to capitalism.
The ruling classes were both ultra-rich capitalists and the aristocracy ( such as the Romanovs in Russia).
For Marx (and Lenin) the "haves" were those who controlled the societal mode of material production, and also the societal modes of symbolic production. The "have-not's" were those who were dependent upon those controlling, particularly, the material mode of production. This is all very simply operationalized in their concept of "Social Relations to Production." Social class from a Marxist perspective (as opposed to a Weberian perspective) is defined by one's relationship to the predominate means of production. Either you are in a "controlling' relationship (bourgeois - owners) or an exploitative relationship (proletariat - workers.) - So from this view, Peyton Manning or Denzel Washington are essentially workers - so is not always about money or prestige. The Weberain critique of Marx's two tier class system brings into the discourse of social class prestige (social honor) and consumptive capacity (financial resources) and also suggests that a middle class of technocrats and bureaucrats have succeeded in becoming less dependent on the owners (than workers are) because they truly control the "knowledge" of the day to day operations of most aspects of our predominant (hegemonic) mode of production. Antoine Gramsci comes back (followed by many other brilliant thinkers,such as Noam Comskey) arguing that yes their is a measure of "control" in a tertiary relations to production that Marx did not identify, namely Weber's technocrats/bureaucrats, but that such control is heavily influenced by the "have's" control over society's mode of symbolic production - a cultural hegemony that espouses values, beliefs and normative expectation that serve the interests of the haves over the middle and lower classes - Chomskey's "manufacturing of consent" - Steven Luke's/John Gaventa's "third face of power." - manipulation of the basic collective symbols and myths of society that underlay and reinforce hegemonic cultural ideologies (Marx's Superstructure.)
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What is the meaning of the fifth estate?
Any class or group in society other than the nobility, the clergy, the middle class, and the press.
What is a socioeconomic status?
Socioeconomic classification involves classifying/categorising people in a given nation (in a state, jurisdiction, small geographical area with thick / thin population) based on - Health InequalityOccupationMortalityMeasuresHouseholdMen & womenNational statisticsSocioeconomic position of People (Social class like aristocrats, rich, upper middle class, middle class, Low income group)
Which group was most likely to view the bank of the US as an economic monopoly controlled by aristocrats?
The very poor or middle class were more likely to view banks in the United States as economic monopolies controlled by aristocrats. During the Great Depression, many banks closed and were not trusted by the average citizen.
What group was least helped by Adams smiths invisible hand?
(Apex) Working-class people employed by unregulated businesses.
What were the economic implications for emancipation serfs and slaves?
Serfs were slaves and not a different group of people ( serf is Latin for slave). In the middle ages there was no emancipation for these people.
What group was most likely to join reform movements?
The middle class
What social group was exploited by the middle class?
The poor and lower class was exploited by the middle class. They were at the most disadvantage since the beginning of the nation.
What is meaning to song Master Jack?
It's about apatite in South Africa. It's about a group of people being oppressed by an upper class of people.
What group did the citizen king favor?
Upper Middle Class
Which social group was emerged in 18th century?
Middle class
Which social group emerged in 18th century?
Middle class
Which group precipitated the Tennis Court Oath?
the middle class
What are the three basic groups Give an example of each group?
The three basic groups in society are lower class, middle class, and upper class. An example of each group would be: lower class - minimum wage workers; middle class - teachers; upper class - CEOs.
Middle class family?
The middle class is a class of people in the middle of a societal hierarchy. In Weberian socio-economic terms, the middle class is the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the working class and upper class. The common measures of what constitutes middle class vary significantly between cultures
What social group grew fastest during 1800s?
middle class
Which group most likely to join reform movements?
The middle class
When did the rich kids group form?
right after the poor kids group formed, but before the middle class group formed.
