Intro to Humanities
The proletariat refers to the working class in a capitalist society, particularly those who do not own the means of production and must sell their labor to survive. This class is central to Marxist theory, which argues that the proletariat is exploited by the bourgeoisie, or the capitalist class that owns the means of production, leading to class struggle and social change.
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