Atkinson - Class exploitation

2 classes according to Marx

Bourgeois - own means of production to extract surplus value

Proletarians - produce the good

Society by Marx =

struggle between conflicting classes

selling the work

exploitation - extracting surplus value

surplus value

dif between what the worker is paid in wage + value they produce for capitalist

goal of capitalism

class conciousness

class members branding together + taking collective action

leading to the overthrowing of capitalism = communism

communism

classless society

common ownership of the means of production

supported + popularised by Lenin

petite bourgeoisie

form of middle class - own means of production and work

Marx - transition state