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Take Bob, your average proletariat. Bob produces a hammer out of raw materials that cost $5. The hammer is then sold for $10. However, Bob doesn’t receive $5 – it’s the bourgeoisie (presumably Bob’s higher-up managers of the hammer factory) that receive most of the money. This is problematic because the bourgeoisie continue to give the proletariats (like Bob) less and less. | Take Bob, your average proletariat. Bob produces a hammer out of raw materials that cost $5. The hammer is then sold for $10. However, Bob doesn’t receive $5 – it’s the bourgeoisie (presumably Bob’s higher-up managers of the hammer factory) that receive most of the money. This is problematic because the bourgeoisie continue to give the proletariats (like Bob) less and less. | ||
This is the idea of '''Surplus Value:''' which states that a laborer's might equal to '''x''', but the capitalist, with the mindset of profit maximization, will pay to the work 1/2 '''x'''. | |||
This is what is known as Marx’s theory of alienation: proletariats are alienated from their product, the act of production, their essence, and their fellow workers. | This is what is known as Marx’s theory of alienation: proletariats are alienated from their product, the act of production, their essence, and their fellow workers. | ||